sanctioners
Those who authorize
Sanctioners are those who sanction—but the word inherits the famous ambiguity of its root.
Sanctioners may be authorities who approve or authorize something: The sanctioners of the new policy celebrated its passage.
More commonly now, sanctioners are governments or bodies that impose penalties or restrictions: International sanctioners froze the regime's assets.
Those who authorize
- authorizersThose who officially approve
- endorsersThose who publicly approve
- ratifiersThose who formally approve
- validatorsTools that confirm compliance
legitimizers · empowerers · licensors · certifiers · enablers · backers · supporters · sponsors
Official prohibition on trade
- banOfficial restriction on something
- blockadeSealing off a place
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
interdiction · tariffs · freeze · blacklist · exclusion · divestment · boycott · penalties
Those who inflict penalties
- enforcersThose who impose obedience
- regulatorsEntities enforcing compliance
- restrictorsDevices that constrain flow
- blockersThings that obstruct
banners · prosecutors · correctional · retributors · castigators · condemners · censurers · admonishers
approvers
Those who authorize
- authorizersThose who officially approve
- endorsersThose who publicly approve
- ratifiersThose who formally approve
validators · legitimizers · empowerers · licensors · certifiers · enablers · backers · supporters · sponsors · patrons
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- banOfficial restriction on something
- blockadeSealing off a place
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
moratorium · interdiction · tariffs · freeze · blacklist · exclusion · divestment · boycott · penalties · isolation
punishers
Those who inflict penalties
- enforcersThose who impose obedience
- regulatorsEntities enforcing compliance
- restrictorsDevices that constrain flow
blockers · banners · prosecutors · correctional · retributors · castigators · condemners · censurers · admonishers · chastisers