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   countermand

   /ˈkaʊntəmɑːnd/

   verb

   • 1. revoke or cancel (an order): "an order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded"
   • ▪ revoke or cancel an order issued by (another person): "he was already countermanding her"
   • ▪ declare (a vote or election) invalid: "the election commission has countermanded voting on the grounds of intimidation"

   noun

   • 1. an order revoking a previous one: "I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest I should receive a countermand"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb), contremand (noun), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against’ + mandare ‘to order’.

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