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Definitions for Veto

[1] the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
[2] the exercise of this right.
[3] Also called veto message. a document exercising such right and setting forth the reasons for such action.
[4] a nonconcurring vote by which one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council can overrule the actions or decisions of the meeting on matters other than procedural.
[5] an emphatic prohibition of any sort.
[6] pocket veto.
[7] to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto.
[8] to prohibit emphatically.
[9] the power to prevent legislation or action proposed by others; prohibition the presidential veto
[10] the exercise of this power
[11] Also called: veto message US government a document containing the reasons why a chief executive has vetoed a measure
[12] to refuse consent to (a proposal, esp a government bill)
[13] to prohibit, ban, or forbid her parents vetoed her trip

Words related to Veto

ban, embargo, denial, prohibition, deny, refuse, reject, interdiction, interdict, blackball, negative, declination, prohibit, cut, burn, disapprove, forbid, discountenance, disallow, negate

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Origin of Veto

First recorded in 1620–30, veto is from the Latin word vetō I forbid

Other words from Veto

ve·to·er , noun
pre·ve·to , noun, plural pre·ve·toes, verb (used with object), pre·ve·toed, pre·ve·to·ing.
re·ve·to , verb (used with object), re·ve·toed, re·ve·to·ing.
un·ve·toed , adjective

Word origin for Veto

C17: from Latin: I forbid, from vetāre to forbid

Synonyms for Veto

ban, denial, embargo, prohibition, blackball, declination, interdict, interdiction, negative, nonconsent