Definition of DISALLOWANCE

disallowance

Plural: disallowances

Noun

  • The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 18

disallowance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disallowance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disallowance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

disallowance: valid Words With Friends Word