Disallowance

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. countable, uncountable

    "The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the 'disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric."

  2. 2
    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. countable, uncountable

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abjurationabnegationabrogationannulmentbancontraband

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"The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the 'disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric."

Etymology

From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance.

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