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balancenoun a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one anotherin order to determine the weight of that beaker, you need to get the two pans of the scale in perfect balance counterpoise, 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 balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of partsthe balance of the landscaping is in keeping with the symmetry of so many 18th-century mansions coherence, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, harmony, orchestration, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity coordination, correlation, correspondence, equalization, equilibrium, evenness, order, orderliness, regularity, uniformity asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence confusion, disorganization, dissonance, disturbance, tensiondisconnectedness, disjointedness, incompatibilityirregularity, unevenness a device for measuring weightuse a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effectivethe balance to the mountain of complaints are the many letters of praise that we also receive canceler(or canceller), corrective, counter, counteraction, counterbalance, counterforce, counterpoise, counterweight, equipoise, neutralizer, offset trade-offballast, weight a remaining group or portionand the balance of the contestants should stand in that last corner leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest fragment, scrap, vestigebutt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stumpexcess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight to make equal in amount, degree, or statustried to balance the total amount of money spent on gifts for each child equalize, equate, even, level equilibrate, equipoiseaccommodate, adjust, compensate, fitcounterbalancehomogenize, normalize, regularize, standardizedemocratize disequilibrate to show uncertainty about the right course of actionhis tendency to balance and waffle on certain hot-button issues may hurt him in the general election dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble(also wabble) haw, hemdally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, waitback down, chicken (out)consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weighoscillate, swayequivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle dive (in), plunge (in) decidebudge, stiradvance, continue to give what is owed forshe had to balance her account with the hotel before checking out of her room ante (up), clear, discharge, foot, liquidate, meet, pay, pay off, pay up, pony up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), stand repudiate in the 13th century |