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Definition of Veto
1. Noun. A vote that blocks a decision.
2. Verb. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. "The President vetoed the bill"
Exact synonyms: Blackball, Negative
Generic synonyms: Contradict, Controvert, Oppose
Entails: Vote
Specialized synonyms: Defeat, Kill, Shoot Down, Vote Down, Vote Out
Derivative terms: Negative
Generic synonyms: Contradict, Controvert, Oppose
Entails: Vote
Specialized synonyms: Defeat, Kill, Shoot Down, Vote Down, Vote Out
Derivative terms: Negative
3. Noun. 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).
4. Verb. Command against. "Sam and Sue veto the movie "; "Dad nixed our plans"
Exact synonyms: Disallow, Forbid, Interdict, Nix, Prohibit, Proscribe
Generic synonyms: Command, Require
Specialized synonyms: Ban, Bar, Debar, Exclude, Enjoin, Criminalise, Criminalize, Illegalise, Illegalize, Outlaw
Antonyms: Allow, Permit
Derivative terms: Forbiddance, Forbiddance, Forbidding, Interdict, Interdiction, Prohibition, Proscription, Proscription
Generic synonyms: Command, Require
Specialized synonyms: Ban, Bar, Debar, Exclude, Enjoin, Criminalise, Criminalize, Illegalise, Illegalize, Outlaw
Antonyms: Allow, Permit
Derivative terms: Forbiddance, Forbiddance, Forbidding, Interdict, Interdiction, Prohibition, Proscription, Proscription
Definition of Veto
1. n. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
2. v. t. To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
3. n. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
4. v. t. To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
Definition of Veto
1. to forbid or prevent authoritatively [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Veto
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