Veto synonyms and antonyms

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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override
To counteract the normal operation of something.
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quash
To defeat forcibly.
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overrule
To void the findings of another court; overturn; set aside.
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sanction (antonym)
A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
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unilaterally (related)
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accept (related)
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
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To deny; contradict.
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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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allowance (antonym)
Allowance means a given advantage.
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ratification (antonym)
Affirmation or approval; adoption of an action that was done on one’s behalf and treating that action as if it had been authorized by that person before the fact of it having been done. By ratifying an act or action, a person becomes responsible for the consequences of that act or action. Ratification by a two-thirds vote of Congress is needed to propose a constitutional amendment, which must then be ratified by three fourths of the states for it to take effect.
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permission (antonym)
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
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ok (antonym)
Endorsement; approval
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approval (antonym)
The definition of approval is accepting something or permitting something.
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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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defeat
To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
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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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