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1) to cancel (a command) already given (e.g. by giving another) (countermand)

2) to send (money etc) by post; to cancel (a payment, punishment); (remit)

3) to cancel (a law, contract etc) (rescind)

4) turn off; cancel (scotching)

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Meaning:
abolish

to put an end to (a law, an old custom, war etc.)

away with or put an end to

annul

to cause (a marriage agreements, a law etc) to exist no longer

void an agreement

counteract

to act against and make another (action, force) less strong

do opposing action

counterbalance

(to act as) a weight, force, equal to (another) and balancing it

offset an action

delete

to take out (something written or printed)

erase, remove

disallow

to refuse officially to allow or accept (something) as correct

reject, prohibit

discard

to throw away, give up, (something useless or unwanted)

get rid of

dispel

to cause (something) to go away or be removed

drive away thought, belief

efface

to remove (something) by rubbing or wiping

erase

eliminate

to remove (something); get rid of (something) because unnecessary or unwanted

remove, throw out

erase

to rub or scrape out (something)

remove; rub out

forbad

of forbid

outlaw, prohibit an action

forbid

to order (a person) not to do something

outlaw, prohibit an action

frustrate

to prevent (a person) from doing something; to prevent (plans) from being carried out

thwart, disappoint

invalidate

to make (a written agreement, guarantee etc) not valid

render null and void

neutralize

to take away the effect or special quality of (something) by using something with an opposite effect or quality

counteract

obliterate

to remove all signs of (something); destroy (something)

destroy

omit

to fail to include (a person, thing); decide and leave out (a person, thing)

exclude, forget

override

to refuse to agree with or accept (an opinion, decision, wish, claim etc); to ignore (an instruction) because of special conditions

supersede

overrule

to decide against (a person, decision etc) (especially by using one's higher authority)

repeal

overshot

to travel over or beyond (a mark or limit)

omit, avoid

overshoot

to travel over or beyond (a mark or limit)

omit, avoid

recant

to give up (an opinion, a belief) publicly; admit (a statement) was false

take back something said

refute

to prove (a person, statement, opinion etc) to be wrong or mistaken

prove false; discredit

rescind

to cancel (a law, contract etc)

declare null and void

retract

to take back or withdraw (a statement, offer, opinion etc)

take back; renege on

terminate

(to cause something) to come to an end

stop, finish

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