Disallowance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Disallowance is a noun meaning The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
Meaning
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- disallowances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disavowal, repudiation, reject, refusal, rejection, denial.
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