Veto synonyms

vē'tō

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rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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deny (related)
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
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forbid
To command (someone) not to do something:
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decline
To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
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kill
To thwart passage of; veto:
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nix
Nix is defined as to stop, refuse or disapprove of.
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prohibit
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.
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nyet
No
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quash
To defeat forcibly.
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accept (related)
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
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override
To counteract the normal operation of something.
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overrule
To void the findings of another court; overturn; set aside.
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unilaterally (related)
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negative
To deny; contradict.
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defeat
To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
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refuse
To decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo
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reject
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
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approval (antonym)
The definition of approval is accepting something or permitting something.
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permission (antonym)
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
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ratification (antonym)
The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified
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sanction (antonym)
A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
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allowance (antonym)
Allowance means a given advantage.
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ok (antonym)
Endorsement; approval
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approve (antonym)
(English Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
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permit (antonym)
The definition of permit is to allow something.
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ratify (antonym)
To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm:
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interdict
(R.C.Ch.) To exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges
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proscribe
To prohibit; forbid:
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veto-power (related)
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vote-against (related)
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referendum (related)
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council of ministers (related)
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sovereignty (related)
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interdiction
The act of interdicting or something interdicted
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prohibition
An order or law that forbids
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declination
(Archaic) Decline; deterioration; decay
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denial (related)
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
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refusal (related)
(Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
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allow (antonym)
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
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turn down
(Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
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Veto Sentence Examples

  • Furthermore, in North Carolina the governor has no veto power.

  • The president has no veto power, but has the right to return a law to Congress with comments within a period of ten days.

  • He acknowledged the royal right to veto the legislation of national synods.

  • He may veto a bill, or in case of an appropriation bill, the separate items, but this veto may be overridden by a simple majority of the total membership of each house.

  • The veto power of the governor (since 1876) extends to separate sections of appropriation bills.

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