Counter-Curse

A counter-curse was a type of Counter-spell designed to remove the effects of a curse or other dark charm. Similar to casting dark charms, those who cast counter-curses must maintain eye contact with the target.
==History==
During their time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, James Potter cast the counter-curse for the Full Body-Bind Curse that Sirius Black had cast on Severus Snape after being let down from the jinx Levicorpus James had cast on him.On 31 July 1991, during his first trip to Diagon Alley, Harry Potter was interested in buying Curses and Counter-Curses. This book, by Vindictus Viridian, covered several jinxes and curses, as well as their counter spells.In 1991, Professor Snape used a counter-curse to protect Harry Potter from a jinx put on his broom by Professor Quirrell, who was trying to knock him off.Also in 1991, Hermione Granger performed the counter-curse to the Leg-Locker Curse for Neville Longbottom after Draco Malfoy cast it on him.
==Debatable occasions==
*In 1992, Gilderoy Lockhart claimed that he knew the counter-curse to prevent the Transmogrifian Torture. Due to his dishonesty, it is debatable if such counter-curses existed to begin with.
==See also==
*Counter-jinx
*Anti-jinx
*Curse
==Behind the scenes==
*Gilderoy Lockhart claimed that he knew the counter-curse to prevent the petrification (in the second film), as opposed to the Transmogrifian Torture (in the novel), although there is a great chance that he was simply trying to inflate his reputation, as he is known to possess a great ineptitude for magic and probably does not know the counter-curse if any such spell existed.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Counter-Curses
Category:Regular Defence Against on-the Rare Dark Arts
Category:Spell Entirely Types