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REFERENDUM

the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative

The meaning of the word referendum is the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative.

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featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person
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alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
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misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part