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[ noun koun -ter-bal-uh ns; verb koun-ter-bal -uh ns ] SHOW IPA
/ noun ˈkaʊn tərˌbæl əns; verb ˌkaʊn tərˈbæl əns / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise.
verb (used with or without object), coun·ter·bal·anced, coun·ter·bal·anc·ing. to act against or oppose with an equal weight, force, or influence; offset.
Origin of counterbalance First recorded in 1570–80; counter- + balance
SYNONYMS FOR counterbalance 2 correct, countervail, rectify, balance.
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OTHER WORDS FROM counterbalance un·coun·ter·bal·anced, adjective Words nearby counterbalance counter, counteract, counterargument, counterattack, counterattraction, counterbalance , counterbid, counterblast, counterblow, counterbore, counter-boulle
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Example sentences from the Web for counterbalance As an alternative religious player, says Greaves, the Satanic Temple provides yet another “counterbalance .”
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The goal: to get them to reconsider Likud as a counterbalance to Bennett's scary religiosity.
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Like it or not, some companies will need to function as a counterbalance if publishers are to survive as a species.
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So to counterbalance the Court's criticism of our ancestors, let me say a word in their praise: they left us free to change.
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He used their weight to counterbalance them, each with one foot on the ground.
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John thought of all the sins which he had committed, and found no good deeds to counterbalance them.
The Son of a Servant | August Strindberg
Congreve makes twelve thousand pounds more than a counterbalance to the affection of Belinda.
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A revival of religion to counterbalance , as it were, the revival of brutality, is a recurring phenomenon of great wars.
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She no longer needed the Protestants to counterbalance the Guises and the Constable.
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To counterbalance these motives was the danger, whatever it might amount to, and which did not weigh heavily on my mind.
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British Dictionary definitions for counterbalance noun (ˈkaʊntəˌbæləns ) a weight or force that balances or offsets another
verb (ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns ) (tr) to act as a counterbalance
Also called: counterpoise
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Words related to counterbalance outweigh, counteract, rectify, counterpoise, countervail, amend, redeem, compensate, equalize, cancel, balance, correct, atone for, make up for, set off