COUNTERMAND

countermand

(noun) a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate

(verb) cancel officially; “He revoked the ban on smoking”; “lift an embargo”; “vacate a death sentence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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 recall a person or unit with such an order.

To prohibit.

Synonyms: prohibit, forbid

To oppose; to revoke the command of.

Noun

countermand (plural countermands)

An order to the contrary of a previous one.

Source: Wiktionary

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Coun`ter*mand" (koun`tr-mnd"), v. t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] Etym: [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]

1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.

Coun"ter*mand (koun"tr-mnd), n.

Definition: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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