countermand

English

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countermand (third-person singular simple present countermands, present participle countermanding, simple past and past participle countermanded) (transitive)

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
Synonyms: cancel, rescind

to countermand an order for goods
To recall a person or unit with such an order.
To prohibit.
Synonyms: prohibit, forbid
- Harvey
  Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.
To oppose; to revoke the command of.
- Hooker
  For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.
- 2018 February 28, Justine Jordan, “Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday review – a dizzying debut”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  Early on, Ezra gives her a lesson to countermand the endless female impulse to apologise: “Darling, don’t continually say ‘I’m sorry’. Next time you feel like saying ‘I’m sorry’, instead say ‘Fuck you’.”

to revoke (a former command)

to recall a person or unit

countermand (plural countermands)

an order to the contrary of a previous one