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countermand

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acdemnnortuStarts with CEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cancel officially

Word origin

From Old French contremander, from Medieval Latin contramandō, from contra + mandō (“to order; to command”).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: counteract
  • to countermand an order for goods
  • Early on, Ezra gives her a lesson to countermand the endless female impulse to apologise: “Darling, don’t continually say ‘I’m sorry’. Next time you feel like saying ‘I’m sorry’, instead say ‘Fuck you’.”

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