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Vetoes

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Word	Definition
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
blackballnoun	(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.
negativenoun	(mathematics) A negative quantity.
interdictnoun	A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
nosnoun	(uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”). [(inorganic chemistry) A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.]
opposeverb	To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
opposesverb	To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
refusesverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
rejectsverb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
item vetonoun	—
legislativenoun	Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.
lawmakersnoun	One who makes or enacts laws.
legislaturenoun	A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
legislatorsnoun	Someone who creates or enacts laws.
senatorsnoun	A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
referendumsnoun	(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.
billnoun	(US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.