A command issued to oppose or cancel a previous command; an order that reverses another order.
From counter- (against) + command. Command comes from Old French comander, from Latin commendare, meaning 'to entrust' or 'to deliver into hands.'
Military history is full of crucial moments when a countercommand changed everything—like the order to stop an advance just before soldiers reached a deadly trap.
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