noun. Action in opposition; hindrance; resistance.

noun. Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

noun. An act of retaliation; a counterattack

noun. Any action in opposition to a previous action.

noun. action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

"Secretary at home from whom he receives orders, and the Secretary at Dublin to whom he is to give orders, if I did not believe that with all his failings he possesses a high and independent spirit, which will lead him to assert himself decisively in the very first moment of the counteraction, which is thus studiously and systematically provided to embarrass him in all his operations."

nullification  override  

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