Synonym: balance, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, equilibrium, equipoise, even off, even out, even up, make up, neutralize, offset, oppose. Similar words: countenance, balance, countertransference, balanced, balance of, imbalance, unbalance, on balance. Meaning: [‚kaʊntə'bæləns] 
n. 1. a weight that balances another weight 2. equality of distribution 3. a compensating equivalent. v. 1. adjust for 2. oppose with equal weight or force 3. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.
n. 1. a weight that balances another weight 2. equality of distribution 3. a compensating equivalent. v. 1. adjust for 2. oppose with equal weight or force 3. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions. 
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1. Add honey to counterbalance the acidity.
2. The accused's right to silence was a vital counterbalance to the powers of the police.
3. Her calm nature served as a natural counterbalance to his excitable personality.
4. The documents he provided for Strype helped counterbalance the reliance upon official sources in Strype's histories of Elizabethan archbishops.
5. With no freeboard to counterbalance, the leeward rail pressed down, admitting the flood, and the boy bailed furiously.
6. To counterbalance this earthly anchor the only remedy has been self-discipline and mortification of her natural inclinations.
7. The two weights counterbalance each other.
8. The boy's earnest effort counterbalance his slowness at learning.
9. The counterbalance effect of a pumping unit can be analyzed and adjusted trustworthily by means of the power curve method.
10. A counterbalance is used on most pumpers to balance the weight of oil and sucker-rod string on the upstroke and the sucker-rod string on the down stroke.
11. The Warsaw Pact was formed to counterbalance the NATO formed by the capitalist bloc.
12. The irrational distribution of crankshaft counterbalance weight causes greater vibration.
13. He took two day off to counterbalance the overtime the week before.
14. The literary prophets counterbalance their warnings with messages of great hope and consolation.
15. Mack: Luck dont counterbalance it JB . You got an angel hunting after you.
16. Mine hoists are usually operated by the counterbalance of an ascending and a descending car.
17. And real estate as a counterbalance inflation one of the best investment goods(sentencedict.com), inflation is expected to increase prices is expected to have positive effects.
18. His wife's calm nature acts as a counterbalance to his excitability.
19. The researchers concluded that the supportive atmosphere of the extended family had been sufficient to counterbalance the effects of the questionable diets.
20. Fortunately there are strong democratic forces in the country that counterbalance any extremist influences.
21. Viagra is being used as a recreational drug on the club circuit to counterbalance the effects of as cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines which inhibit erection.
22. Thus, each state - and all the states collectively - could counterbalance the central government's power.
23. By this electric repulsion and attraction he was able to counterbalance the influence of gravity.
24. This machine uses the air operated coupling brake, uses the air counterbalance cylinder.
25. In the contrary situation, they do not entirely invalidate or counterbalance the particular accidental determination.
26. Pentagram 's graphics for the hotel reinforce and celebrate these contrasts providing a counterbalance between the city's sophisticated pleasures and edgy reputation.
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27. Vietnam recently ordered six Kilo-classdiesel submarines from Russia as part of a major arms purchase that analysts seeas an attempt to counterbalance China's growing naval reach.
28. These forces were unperceived and there was no understanding of what to do in counterbalance to rectify the loss.
29. The difference of the lengths of the two chains produces a differential action to damp the reverse inertia impact of the counterbalance weight.
30. The most obvious difference between a poor and a great Sauternes is the amount of acidity there is to counterbalance all that sugar.
More similar words: countenance, balance, countertransference, balanced, balance of, imbalance, unbalance, on balance, balance sheet, debit balance, balanced diet, trial balance, counter-, counter, balanced budget, credit balance, counterfeiter, balance of power, sense of balance, balance of trade, encounter, hang in the balance, countermand, counteract, counterfeit, counterpart, countervail, balance of payments, run counter to, counterpoint.