Abstract: The invention concerns herbicidal compositions comprising an active herbicidal compound of the thiolcarbamate, substituted urea, substituted triazine or chloroacetanilide type or optional mixtures thereof, and an antidote therefor having the general formula I ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 represents oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen;n.sub.1 is 0 or 1;X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 which may be the same or different, each represent hydroxyl, alkoxy having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, amino, alkylamino having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl;n.sub.2 is 0 or 1; andZ represents alkylene having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, phenylene, tetrahydrophenylene, hexahydrophenylene or endomethylene-tetrahydrophenylene.