9-Letter Words Containing: A,N,C,T,I,O,N,S

• any vertical post or rod used as a support

• compel to behave in a certain way

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• An Asian plant (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), related to wormwood, which has been used since ancient times as a vermifuge due to its santonin content.

• the state of being inactive

• The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

• pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"

• a specialist in canon law