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"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"verbcommand against
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"The President vetoed the bill"verbvote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assenttype of:
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nouna vote that blocks a decision
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nounthe 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)type of:
Definition that contains veto
- anne Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
- barring the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- blackball the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- pocket veto indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it
- joint resolution a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)