All counterorder synonyms
verb counterorder
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- abrogate β If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- dismantle β to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- invalidate β to render invalid; discredit.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- nullify β to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- quash β to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- repeal β to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
- rescind β to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- retract β to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- set aside β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- vacate β to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- void β Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- backpedal β to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- countermand β If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- disclaim β to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disown β to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- forswear β to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- nix β nothing.
- obliterate β to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- recall β to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- recant β to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- scrub β to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- call back β If you call someone back, you telephone them again or in return for a telephone call that they have made to you.
- call off β If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- rub out β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- wipe out β an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.