disallowance
Meanings
noun
- The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
- A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation.
Word forms
Etymology
From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance.
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