You have allergies, and your doctor thinks allergy immunotherapy, or allergy shots, might help you feel better. The goal of allergy shots is to improve your allergy symptoms. But, there can be side effects. Those side effects are around the injection site, like pain, itching, bleeding, or swelling.
A formal sanction is a reward or punishment given by a formal organization or regulatory agency, such as a school or government. An informal sanction is a spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group, such as a standing ovation or gossip.
Usage Notes: 1  Plural: informal sanctions. 2  The terms informal sanction and informal social sanction are used interchangeably in a sociological context. 3  Sociologists study four primary types of sanctions: formal sanctions, informal sanctions, negative sanctions, and positive sanctions.