To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, punishment, 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 any of the above.
To scoff, to express contempt.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To reject, turn down.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.