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veto | vetoproof |

As a noun veto

is a political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

As a verb veto

is to use a veto against.

As an adjective vetoproof is

having a strong enough majority to override any presidential veto.

veto

English

(wikipedia veto)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
  • An invocation of that right.
  • An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
  • * George Eliot
    • This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To use a against.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    vetoproof

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, politics) Having a strong enough majority to override any presidential veto.