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disallowance

disallowance noun: the action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.

Noun

disallowance (countable and uncountable, plural disallowances)

  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.1981 December 19, Andrew C. Irish, “Support For Gay Nurses”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 4
  2. 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.

Forms of disallowance

pluraldisallowances

Origin of disallowance

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

Questions about disallowance

What does disallowance mean?
Disallowance means the action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
What part of speech is disallowance?
Disallowance is a noun.
What is the plural of disallowance?
The plural of disallowance is disallowances.

Words near disallowance in the dictionary

  1. disallied
  2. disallies
  3. disallow
  4. disallowability
  5. disallowable
  6. disallowance
  7. disallowances
  8. disallowed
  9. disallower
  10. disallowers
  11. disallowest

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