'Countermand' definitions:
Definition of 'countermand'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Countermand'
From: GCIDE
- Countermand \Coun"ter*mand\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[.a]nd), n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. [1913 Webster]
- Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Countermand'
From: GCIDE
- Countermand \Coun`ter*mand"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[.a]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. [1913 Webster]
- For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'countermand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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