countermand an order

But forget that now-we must get back to camp and I must countermand an order.

He promises the merchant Riedinger to countermand an order to burn books, but latter gives in to Pomerfeld who points out that he cannot defy Rome.

Mr. Krenz has said he initiated the change of direction in East Germany by personally countermanding an order by Mr. Honecker for the police to fire on a demonstration in Leipzig on Oct. 9.

Borland protested that a governor could not countermand an order from a Confederate official, but in January 1862 his order was countermanded by the Confederate States Secretary of War at the time, Judah P. Benjamin.

Gov. George E. Pataki, a Republican, signed an executive order on April 9 permitting military recruiters to operate at State University of New York campuses, countermanding an order by his predecessor, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, a Democrat.