disallow
verb [T] /ˌdɪs.əˈlaʊ/Definition
› to say officially that something cannot be accepted because it has not been done in the correct way: The England team had two goals disallowed. → Opposite allowForbidding and banning thingsLegislation and law-making
(Definition of disallow verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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