Phrase guide

vote of no confidence

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, law, politics

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: moción de censura — parliamentary motion
  • Bulgarian: вот на недоверие (vot na nedoverie) — parliamentary motion
  • Catalan: moció de censura — parliamentary motion
  • Catalan: vot de censura — parliamentary motion
  • Danish: mistillidsvotum — parliamentary motion
  • Dutch: motie van wantrouwen — parliamentary motion
  • French: motion de censure — parliamentary motion
  • German: Misstrauensvotum — parliamentary motion
  • Hebrew: הצבעת אי־אמון — parliamentary motion
  • Hungarian: bizalmatlansági indítvány — parliamentary motion
  • Indonesian: mosi tidak percaya — parliamentary motion
  • Indonesian: mosi takpercaya — parliamentary motion
  • Indonesian: mosi tak percaya — parliamentary motion
  • Italian: sfiducia — parliamentary motion
  • Italian: voto di sfiducia — parliamentary motion
  • Japanese: 不信任決議 (fushinnin ketsugi) — parliamentary motion
  • Malay: undi tidak percaya — parliamentary motion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mistillitsvotum — parliamentary motion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mistillitsvotum — parliamentary motion
  • Polish: wotum nieufności — parliamentary motion
  • Portuguese: moção de censura — parliamentary motion
  • Romanian: moțiune de cenzură — parliamentary motion
  • Romanian: vot de neîncredere — parliamentary motion
  • Russian: во́тум недове́рия (vótum nedovérija) — parliamentary motion
  • Spanish: voto de censura — parliamentary motion
  • Swedish: misstroendeförklaring — parliamentary motion
  • Ukrainian: во́тум недові́ри (vótum nedovíry) — parliamentary motion