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noun 
  1. A political right to disapprove of and thereby stop the process of a decision, a law, etc.
  2. An invocation of that right.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: veto
  • German: Veto , Einspruch
  • French: veto
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: veto
verb (veto, es)
  1. (transitive) To use a veto
    1. Noun, veto against.
Translations: 
    Etymology: 
    • From veto ( = first-person singular active indicative present of vetare), "I forbid".


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