counterbalance
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- n a weight that balances another weight
- n equality of distribution
- n a compensating equivalent
- v adjust for
- v contrast with equal weight or force
- v oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- In the '70s, this symbiosis that saw mafiosi as a counterbalance to communists remained real enough for veteran Italian conservative newspaper editor Indro Montanelli to advise .
- You get some genetic holdover like a man would have, where the male hormones that are present in women without the estrogen counterbalance will cause hair loss.
- Gore has also been helpful to Chicago venture capitalists Sheldon and Anita Drobny, who announced in February that they planned to fund a liberal radio network to counterbalance .