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countermand

[ verb koun-ter-mand, -mahnd, koun-ter-mand, -mahnd; noun koun-ter-mand, -mahnd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to revoke or cancel (a command, order, etc.).

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to recall or stop by a contrary order.


noun

  1. a command, order, etc., revoking a previous one.

countermand

verb

  1. to revoke or cancel (a command, order, etc)
  2. to order (forces, etc) to return or retreat; recall
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a command revoking another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲt·Իa· adjective
  • ܲcdzܲ·ٱ·Իa· adjective
  • ܲcdzܲ·ٱ·ԻĻ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of countermand1

1375–1425; late Middle English countermaunden < Anglo-French countermander < Middle French contremander, equivalent to contre- counter- + mander to command < Latin Ի; mandate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of countermand1

C15: from Old French contremander, from contre- counter- + mander to command, from Latin Ի; see mandate
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Having to repeatedly countermand your own incoherent policies is a sign of weakness.

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But several policing experts said that creating that kind of training presented a challenge because countermanding orders from an incident commander went against the very orientation of most police departments.

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Prelogar’s petition said both the judge in Texas and the 5th Circuit countermanded the FDA’s scientific judgment and would unleash “regulatory chaos.”

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Prelogar’s petition said both the Texas judge and the 5th Circuit countermanded FDA’s scientific judgment and would unleash “regulatory chaos.”

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“This application concerns unprecedented lower court orders countermanding FDA’s scientific judgment and unleashing regulatory chaos by suspending the existing FDA-approved conditions of use for mifepristone,” wrote Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar.

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