countercommand
A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
Noun
- A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
- Someone else had given a countercommand — the Spanish soldiers were in riotous retreat! Don Carlos was engulfed by the screaming swirl of the Moorish horsemen. - 1933, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, volume 91, page 16:
Origin
From counter- + command.
Forms
Verb
- To countermand (a previous command).
- To countermand (a person or group).