All countermand synonyms

verb countermand

• revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• recall — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
• override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
• retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
• repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• rescind — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• go against — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.