countermand

1. (figuratively) To counteract, to act against, to frustrate.Examples: "Early on, Ezra gives her a lesson to countermand the endless female impulse to apologise: “Darling, don’t continually say ‘I’m sorry’. Next time you feel like saying ‘I’m sorry’, instead say ‘Fuck you’.”"figurativelytransitive

2. (obsolete) To prohibit (a course of action or behavior).Examples: "Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles."Synonyms: prohibit, forbidobsoletetransitive

3. (obsolete) To oppose or revoke the command of (someone).Examples: "For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him."obsoletetransitive

4. (obsolete) To maintain control of, to keep under command.Examples: "Two thousand horſe ſhal forrage vp and downe, That no reliefe or ſuccour come by land. And all the ſea my Gallies countermaund."obsoletetransitive