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Definition of veto

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Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..

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Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

Veto :: Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Vetoing :: Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vet.

Override :: Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto..

Vetoed :: Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Vet.