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Veto

noun

(pl. vetoes)

A vote that blocks a decision.

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).

verb

(past & past part. vetoed; pres. part. vetoing)

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. Synonyms: blackball, negative.

Command against. Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe. "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" , "Dad nixed our plans"

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... no doubt his relative thought that Mrs. Franklin would veto the proposition at once, and that would end it. But in less than a half hour he reported that ...

— From Boyhood to Manhood • William M. Thayer

... general government. In Upper Canada executive officers would be attorney-general, treasurer, secretary, commissioner of crown lands and commissioner of public works. These would form the council of the lieutenant-governor. I would give lieutenant-governors veto without advice, but under certain vote he should be obliged to assent. During recess lieutenant-governor could have power to suspend executive officers. They might be elected for three years or {73} otherwise. You might ...

— The Fathers of Confederation - A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion • A. H. U. Colquhoun

... alone has a right to bestow them as he judges best, whilst I am wholly powerless in the business." "Say, rather," replied the duke, quickly, "that you find it suits your present purpose to put on this want of power. We all know, that your veto is absolute with his majesty, and it requires nothing more to obtain whatsoever you desire." The duc de la Vauguyon was powerful, and represented the whole of a party—that of the religionists, which ...

— "Written by Herself" • Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

... any intercourse with the Painted Lady, and unfortunately Grizel heard of this. Probably there never would have been any such intercourse; Grizel guarded against it more than anyone, for reasons she never spoke of, but she resented this veto proudly. ...

— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie

... Then it was urged, and the representation was indeed accepted, that the Shah would need the buttress afforded by English troops, and that a couple of regiments only would suffice to afford this prestige. But Sir Harry Fane, the Commander-in-Chief, judiciously interposed his veto on the despatch of a handful of British soldiers on so distant and hazardous an expedition. Finally, the Governor-General, committed already to a mistaken line of policy, and urged forward by those about him, took the unfortunate resolution ...

— The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 • Archibald Forbes

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