countermands in English

noun

1

an order revoking a previous one.

I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand

verb

1

revoke (an order).

an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded

synonyms: revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw, quash, overturn, overrule, cancel, annul, invalidate, nullify, negate, disaffirm, discharge, vacate, abrogate

verb

• revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw, quash, overturn, overrule, cancel, annul, invalidate, nullify, negate, disaffirm, discharge, vacate, abrogate
• repeal, overturn, revoke, annul, lift, vacate, rescind, reverse

Use "countermands" in a sentence

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3. Synonyms for Abrogates include revokes, repudiates, countermands, overrides, abolishes, annuls, cancels, ends, invalidates and negates

4. In the military, one's mandate is to follow the commands (and sometimes the "Countermands") of the officers

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Countermand (third-person singular simple present Countermands, present participle Countermanding, simple past and past participle Countermanded) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given