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veto
('v/i/t/oU/ )

noun (n)

  • a vote that blocks a decision(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent(verb.social)
    Example:
    The President vetoed the bill.
    Synonym:
    blackball, negative
    source: wordnet30
  • command against(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store.
    Synonym:
    disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe
    Antonym:
    allow, countenance, let, permit
    source: wordnet30
  • To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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