vetoes in English

noun

1

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

the legislature would have a veto over appointments to key posts

verb

1

exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal made by a law-making body).

the president vetoed the bill

synonyms: reject, turn down, throw out, dismiss, prohibit, forbid, interdict, proscribe, disallow, embargo, ban, rule out, say no to, kill, put the kibosh on, give the thumbs down to, give the red light to

noun

• rejection, dismissal, prohibition, proscription, embargo, ban, interdict, check, thumbs down, red light

verb

• reject, turn down, throw out, dismiss, prohibit, forbid, interdict, proscribe, disallow, embargo, ban, rule out, say no to, kill, put the kibosh on, give the thumbs down to, give the red light to
• interdict, proscribe, disallow, prohibit, forbid, nix
• negative, blackball

Use "vetoes" in a sentence

1. Antonyms for Approbates include declines, denies, disallows, disapproves, negatives, rejects, vetoes, contradicts, disagrees and invalidates

2. New ideas are often eroded by subtle discouragement rather than by explicit vetoes.

3. Synonyms for Criminalizes include outlaws, proscribes, forbids, bans, interdicts, illegalizes, prohibits, bars, vetoes and disallows

4. But if Clinton vetoes the spending bill because of other disagreements, the Headwaters purchase becomes far less certain this year.

5. 22 Congress left itself the option of forbidding line-item vetoes of major program appropriations, such as funding more Stealth bombers.

6. President Vetoes Law That Would Allow Trawling; Adduces “Reasons of Convenience and Opportunity” National Assembly approved the bill in second debate with 28 votes in favor and 18 against a week ago

7. Those instances of vetoes used or suggested have hardly been to the satisfaction of the majority of Member States, and they have illustrated time and again the unusual power enjoyed by the permanent members, as well as the abyss of power that separates the permanent from the non-permanent members.

8. See Game of Buttholes/Will of the Caretaker Deciding that Episode Vetoes were a bad idea for DS9, (both because they weren't familiar enough with the episodes and in practice from TNG), but still wanting a game element in the next episode section: Ben & Adam decided to introduce an element for random drunkenness