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disallowance

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from alouance
  2. inherited from allouance
  3. prefixed as disallowance — “dis + allowance”

Definitions

  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.

    • 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. A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower…

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA