different between confirmation vs sanction

English

Etymology

From Old French confirmacion, from Latin c?nfirm?ti?, noun of process from c?nfirm?tus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of c?nfirm?re, from con- (“with”) + firm?re (“to firm or strengthen”)Morphologically confirm +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f???me?.??n/, [?k???.f??me?.?n?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f??me?.??n/, [?k???.f??me?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation US: con?fir?ma?tion, UK: con?firm?a?tion

Noun

confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)

1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

   We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.

2. A verification that something is true or has happened.

   The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.

3. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

Related terms

• confirm
• confirmational
• confirmation bias

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French confirmacion, from Latin c?nfirm?ti?

Pronunciation

Noun

confirmation f (plural confirmations)

1. confirmation (all senses)

Interlingua

Noun

confirmation (plural confirmationes)

1. confirmation, verification

English

Etymology

From Middle French sanction, from Latin sanctio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæ?k??n/

Noun

sanction (countable and uncountable, plural sanctions)

1. An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

2. A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.

3. A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.

Translations

Verb

sanction (third-person singular simple present sanctions, present participle sanctioning, simple past and past participle sanctioned)

1. (transitive) To ratify; to make valid.
2. (transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, 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.

3. (transitive) To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Sanction”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 82, column 1.

Anagrams

• actinons, canonist, cantions, contains

French

Etymology

From Latin sanctio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k.sj??/

Noun

sanction f (plural sanctions)

1. sanction

Further reading

• “sanction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).