countermanding

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noun

The act of something being countermanded.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of countermand
nouncountermanding (plural countermandings)

plural countermandings

  1. The act of something being countermanded.

    Let us bless him as we see acts of friends or foes to him and his children, proclamations and repudiations, orders and countermandings, motions of loyalty and rebellion, all providentially arranging themselves as so many onward steps […]

    1852, Cyrus Augustus Bartol, The Hand of God in the Great Man, page 23
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APA

countermanding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermanding

MLA

“countermanding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermanding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countermanding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countermanding.

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