countermand n : a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command v : annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

English

Etymology

From Old French contremander, from mediaeval Latin contramandare, from contra- + mandare ‘command’.

Pronunciation

/kaʊntəˈmɑ:nd/

Verb

1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.
2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.

Noun

1. An order to the contrary of a previous one

Translations

abolish, abolishment, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, annul, annulment, baffle, balk, blast, brave, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, contravene, counter, counteract, counterorder, counterwork, cross, dash, defeasance, defeat, defy, destroy, disannul, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, do away with, elude, flummox, foil, frustrate, invalidate, invalidation, knock the chocks, make void, nonplus, nullification, nullify, override, overrule, perplex, recall, recant, recantation, renege, repeal, rescind, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retract, retraction, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, revokement, ruin, sabotage, scotch, set aside, setting aside, spike, spoil, stonewall, stump, suspend, suspension, thwart, upset, vacate, vacation, vacatur, void, voidance, voiding, waive, waiver, waiving, withdraw, withdrawal, write off, write-off