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==English==
{{wp|Disallowance and reservation}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|disallowen}}, {{m|enm|desallowen}}, a borrowing from {{der|en|xno|desalouer}}, {{der|en|fro|desalöer}}. {{surf|en|dis-|allow}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dɪsəˈlaʊ/|a=GenAm,RP}}
* {{rhymes|en|aʊ|s=3}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disallow.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To [[refuse]] to [[allow]].
#: {{ux|en|The prisoners were '''disallowed''' to contact with a lawyer.}}
# To [[reject]] as [[invalid]], [[untrue]], or [[improper]].
#: {{ux|en|The goal was '''disallowed''' because the player was offside.}}
#* {{quote-web
|en
|date=June 19, 2012
|author=Phil McNulty
|title=England 1-0 Ukraine
|work=BBC Sport
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181971
|page=
|passage=England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's '''disallowed''' goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|law|historical}} To [[overrule]] a [[colonial]] [[legislation]] by the [[sovereign]]-in-[[council|privy council]].

====Conjugation====
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====Synonyms====
* See also [[Thesaurus:prohibit]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|disallowability|disallowable|disallower}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|disallowance}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|to refuse to allow|forbid}}

{{trans-top|to reject as invalid, untrue, or improper}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отхвърлям}}, {{t|bg|[[не]] [[приемам]]}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|afkeuren}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hylätä}}
* German: {{t|de|[[nicht]] [[anerkennen]]}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απορρίπτω}}, {{t+|el|ακυρώνω}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|odrzucić|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отверга́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отве́ргнуть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|отклоня́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отклони́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|[[rechazar]] [[como]] [[inválido]], [[falso]] [[o]] [[impropio]]}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|döma bort}}
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