override
/ˈəʊvəraɪd/ noun [C]Definition
› a vote or a decision that ends or changes an earlier law or decision: The city council voted in favor of a tax override.
› a way of changing the control of a machine or system in special situations, especially from automatic to control by a person: The heating system has a manual override.
(Definition of override noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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