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All counterorder synonyms

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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.
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