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counterpoisenoun a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one anothera musical piece with a counterpoise of loud and soft passages balance, equilibration, equilibrium, equipoise, poise, stasis counterbalance, offsetfirmness, fixedness, security, stability, steadiness disequilibration, disequilibrium, imbalance, nonequilibrium, unbalance changeability, fluctuation, inconstancy, insecurity, instability, mutability, precariousness, shakiness, unsteadiness, volatility a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effectivethe happiness brought by a new baby was a timely counterpoise to the grief occasioned by a death in the family balance, canceler(or canceller), corrective, counter, counteraction, counterbalance, counterforce, counterweight, equipoise, neutralizer, offset trade-offballast, weight to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffectiveher overall healthiness largely counterpoised the virulence of the infection annul, cancel (out), compensate (for), correct, counteract, counterbalance, make up (for), negative, neutralize, offset invalidate, negate, neuter, nullifyatone (for)outbalance, outweigh, redeemredress, relieve, remedyoverride, overrule in the 14th century |