Counter-spell

A counter-spell is one of the four spell types whose members primary effect is to inhibit of the effect of another spell, most commonly a Dark Spell. Counter-spells that broadly target multiple spell types are not known by any other classification (such as the widely-used Finite Incantatem, which terminates spell effects in general) whilst ones which target specific spell types are divided into four groups depending on the type that they relate to, namely: counter-jinxes, counter-hexes, counter-curses and counter-charms.