'Veto' definitions:
Definition of 'veto'
(from WordNet)
noun
A vote that blocks a decision
noun
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
Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]
verb
Definition of 'Veto'
From: GCIDE
- Veto \Ve"to\ (v[=e]"t[-o]), n.; pl. Vetoes (v[=e]"t[=o]z). [L. veto I forbid.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. [1913 Webster]
- This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also {the veto power}. [1913 Webster] (b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes. [1913 Webster] (c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Veto'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'veto'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute veto,
- ban,
- block,
- constitute,
- decline,
- decree,
- defeat,
- denial,
- deny,
- disallow,
- disallowance,
- embargo,
- enact,
- enact laws,
- executive veto,
- filibuster,
- forbid,
- get the floor,
- have the floor,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- item veto,
- kill,
- killing,
- legislate,
- limited negative,
- limited veto,
- lobby through,
- logroll,
- negative,
- nix,
- ordain,
- outlaw,
- pass,
- pigeonhole,
- pocket,
- pocket veto,
- preclude,
- preclusion,
- prevent,
- prevention,
- prohibit,
- prohibition,
- proscribe,
- proscription,
- put in force,
- put through,
- quash,
- quashing,
- railroad through,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rejection,
- roll logs,
- rule against,
- rule out,
- senatorial courtesy,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- suspensory veto,
- table,
- taboo,
- take the floor,
- turn down,
- veto message,
- veto power,
- yield the floor