1. The power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
   "The president threatened to use his veto power if the bill reached his desk"
    
2. A vote that blocks a decision
   "The president's veto prevented the bill from becoming law"; "The security council member used their veto power to block the resolution"

1. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
   "The President vetoed the bill";
   - blackball, negative
    
2. Officially refuse to accept or permit
   "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store";
   - forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow, nix [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: vetoed, vetoing, vetoes

Type of: ballot, balloting, command, contradict, controvert, oppose, power, powerfulness, require, vote, voting

Encyclopedia: Veto, Ohio