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reject
To refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.
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  1. To refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.
  2. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
  3. To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing
ban
(South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
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  1. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  2. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
  3. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
censor
To examine and expurgate.
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  1. To examine and expurgate.
  2. To subject (a book, film, writer, etc.) to the close examination of a censor
repudiate
To reject the validity or authority of:
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  1. To reject the validity or authority of:
  2. To refuse to accept or support; deny the validity or authority of (a belief, a treaty, etc.)
  3. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust:
ban
To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
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  1. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
  2. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  3. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
debar
To exclude or shut out; bar.
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  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar
  3. To prevent, hinder, or prohibit
enjoin
To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
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  1. To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
  2. To order or compel to stop or prohibit commencement of an activity; of a judge: to grant a court order directing a party to cease a particular activity. To order or compel to stop or prohibit commencement of an activity; of a judge: to grant a court order directing a party to cease a particular activity.
  3. To require or impose (an action or behavior, for example) with authority and emphasis; prescribe.
forbid
To command to stay away from; exclude or bar from
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  1. To command to stay away from; exclude or bar from
  2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit:
  3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude:
inhibit
(--- Psychology) To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously.
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  1. (--- Psychology) To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously.
  2. (--- Biology) To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of (an enzyme or organ, for example).
  3. (Eccles.) To prohibit; forbid
interdict
To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of:
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  1. To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of:
  2. To prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority
  3. (R.C.Ch.) To exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges
outlaw
In the U.S., to remove the legal force of (contracts, etc.)
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  1. In the U.S., to remove the legal force of (contracts, etc.)
  2. To declare unlawful or illegal
  3. To bar, or ban
prohibit
To prevent; preclude:
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  1. To prevent; preclude:
  2. To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
  3. To forbid by authority:
proscribe
To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
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  1. To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
  2. To prohibit; forbid:
  3. In ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.
taboo
To put under taboo
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  1. To put under taboo
  2. To prohibit or forbid because of tradition, convention, etc.
  3. To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.
deny
To refuse to believe; reject:
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  1. To refuse to believe; reject:
  2. To give a refusal to; turn down or away:
  3. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own; disown; repudiate
refuse
To decline to grant the request of (a person)
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  1. To decline to grant the request of (a person)
  2. To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
  3. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow:
turn down
(Idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
  2. (Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
withhold
To take out or deduct (taxes, etc.) from wages or salary
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  1. To take out or deduct (taxes, etc.) from wages or salary
  2. To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  3. To refrain from granting, permitting, etc.; refuse
Find another word for disallow. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for disallow, like: reject, ban, censor, repudiate, deny, forbid, refuse, ban, debar, enjoin and forbid.

Sentence Examples

  • The king is given the power to disallow any law within a year of it having received the assent of the governorgeneral.

  • Any owner of property or ratepayer may attend the audit and object to the accounts, and either on such objection or on his own motion the auditor may disallow any payment and surcharge the amount on the persons who made or authorized it.

  • This speech, which, according to reports, was extremely radical and denied the right of the king to disallow acts of the colonial legislature, made Henry the idol of the common people of Virginia and procured for him an enormous practice.

  • The former do not come into force until the expiration of forty days after a copy of them has been sent to the secretary of state, during which forty days the sovereign in council may disallow any by-law or part thereof.

  • It is true the British colonies have not the power of declaring war or peace, or regulating the foreign policy of the empire; and the Crown may disallow a measure passed by the dominion parliament (J.

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