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veto
1: an authoritative prohibition : interdiction2 a: a power of one department or branch of a government to forbid or prohibit finally or provisionally the carrying out of projects attempted by another department
; especially : a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature b
(1): the exercise of such authority
(2): a message communicating the reasons of an executive and especially the president of the United States for vetoing a proposed law
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