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Verb
To neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
“Had they some protection afforded to them, sufficient to counterpoise the advantages which the French, in other respects, enjoyed over them?”
Verb
To put an end to, especially formally
Verb
To make restitution, especially through payment
Noun
Plural for a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
“The image and parti become a counterpoise of planes and lines, again seeking, almost by sleight-of-hand, to de-emphasize volumetric solidity or enclosure.”
Noun
Plural for a force that opposes, or balances out, another force
“Our policy ought now to be to form a Western confederacy of free states as a counterpoise to the Eastern League of arbitrary governments.”
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