Abandoned sanctions over discussions (13)

I believe the answer is:

conversations

'discussions' is the definition.

'abandoned sanctions over' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' is an anagram indicator.
'sanctions'+'over'='sanctionsover'
'sanctionsover' is an anagram of 'CONVERSATIONS'.

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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