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disallowance|dɪsəˈlaʊəns|
[f. disallow + -ance.]
The action of disallowing; refusal to sanction, admit, or permit; disapproval, rejection, prohibition.
1565in Parker's Corr. (1853) 267 We have consulted how to proceed, whereby we may have your allowance or disallowance. 1585–7T. Rogers 39 Art. (1607) 206 note, The approbation or disallowance of a general assembly..should be a matter and cause spiritual. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §14. 211 Centurions..are commended..without any reproofe or dis-allowance of their warlike profession. 1733Neal Hist. Purit. II. 559 They declare their disallowance of all seditious libels. 1846Grote Greece i. xxi. II. 180 This disallowance of the historical personality of Homer. 1883A. H. de Colyar in Rep. Co. Crt. Cases Pref. 11 note, The Rules of the Supreme Court..come into operation on the 24th October next, subject to disallowance by Parliament.
†b. Mus. Something disallowed or forbidden by rule; an irregularity. Obs.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 16 The..allowances and disallowances in the composition of foure parts. 1674Playford Skill Mus. iii. 37 The last disallowance..is when the upper part stands, and the lower part falls from a lesser third to a fifth. 1789Burney Hist. Mus. III. viii. 527 An excellent composition might now be produced merely from ancient disallowances. 1854J. W. Moore Compl. Cycl. Music, Disallowance, A term applied to any anomalous formation, or succession of chords. Two succeeding eighths, or two consecutive perfect fifths, in the same direction, constitute a disallowance. |