disallowance

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Definition of disallowance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”
(countable, uncountable)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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From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance.

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