counteraction
- n action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
- The Curtiss company is expected to file counteraction claiming infringement of six basic patents by Handley Page in his ship.
- Ordered by a Geneva court to honor the original agreement, Thomson launched a legal counteraction in February 1997 that prompted the current investigation.
- Before the White House could take any counteraction, he went on, "our whole house of cards collapsed.