countermanding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of countermand

noun

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 […]”