countermand
- n a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
- v cancel officially
- In circles close to Marshal Gring, he is credited with having largely influenced the Fhrer to countermand at the very last moment a major German offensive which had been .
- He instantly ordered Secretary Adams to countermand the League's propaganda and to instruct officers in their Navy Day addresses to stick to non-controversial subjects.
- Bakhatin and others, however, convinced Yeltsin that if no one exercising constitutional authority was willing to countermand orders from the junta, the army might eventually if .