9-Letter Words Containing: SANC

• refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

• a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

• bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

• a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion

• a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

• power to influence or coerce

• the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion

• (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

• 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