countermand
verb
[ ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd ]
• revoke or cancel (an order).
• "an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded"
Similar:
revoke,
rescind,
reverse,
undo,
repeal,
retract,
withdraw,
take back,
abrogate,
abolish,
quash,
scrap,
override,
overturn,
overrule,
do away with,
set aside,
cancel,
annul,
invalidate,
nullify,
negate,
veto,
declare null and void,
back-pedal on,
backtrack on,
do a U-turn on,
disaffirm,
discharge,
avoid,
vacate,
vitiate,
axe,
ditch,
dump,
knock on the head,
recall,
disannul,
countermand
noun
• an order revoking a previous one.
• "I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb), contremand (noun), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against’ + mandare ‘to order’.
