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veto
noun vetoes
- 1a. The right to formally reject a proposal or forbid an action, eg in a law-making assembly;
1b. The act of using such a right.
- Thesaurus: denial, refusal, interdiction, prohibition, ban, rejection, demurral, declination; Antonym: acceptance.
- Any prohibition or refusal of permission.
- 1. To formally and authoritatively reject or forbid.
- Thesaurus: reject, ban, forbid, prohibit, refuse, deny, decline, demur, stop, kill.
- To forbid.
