veto

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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.
3. An [[authoritative]] [[prohibition]] or negative; a [[forbid]]ding; an [[interdiction]].
4. A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a [[false positive]] in a scientific experiment.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To use a [[veto#Noun|veto]] against.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[countermand]].

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