sanction

hyväksyminen

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hyväksyntä An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.
puhekieltä To ratify; to make valid.
puhekieltä To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
1946, (w), History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.