disallow
verb
[ dɪsəˈlaʊ ]
• refuse to declare valid.
• "he was offside and the goal was disallowed"
Similar:
reject,
refuse,
dismiss,
say no to,
ban,
bar,
block,
stop,
debar,
forbid,
prohibit,
blackball,
cancel,
declare null and void,
invalidate,
overrule,
quash,
overturn,
countermand,
reverse,
throw out,
set aside,
veto,
embargo,
proscribe,
give the thumbs down to,
squash,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘disown, refuse to accept’): from Old French desalouer .
