disallowance

English

Etymology

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

Noun

disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)

  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
  2. (law, politics) 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.
    Coordinate term: reservation

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