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veto

('v/i/t/oU/ )

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

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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