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Meaning of Disallowance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
    countable, uncountable
  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.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الرفض

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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