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.
•In this state, the governor has no veto power.
•He acknowledged the right to veto the legislation of national synods.
•The president has no veto power but has the right to return the law to Congress with comments within 10 days.
•ban
•denial
•embargo
•prohibition
•blackball
•declination
•interdict
•interdiction
•negative
•nonconsent
•allowance
•permission
•OK
•approval
•ratification
•sanction
first recorded I. 1620-30, VETO is from the Latin word veto, I forbid.
