countermand
Plural: countermands
Noun
- a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
- An order to the contrary of a previous one.
Verb
- cancel officially
- To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
- To recall a person or unit with such an order.
- To cancel an order for (some specified goods).
- To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.
- To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).
- To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).
- To maintain control of, to keep under command.
Examples
- to countermand an order for goods
Origin / Etymology
From Old French contremander, from Medieval Latin contramandō, from contra + mandō (“I order; I command”).
Synonyms
annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate, cancel, forbid, override, prohibit, veto#Verb
Scrabble Score: 16
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