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equipoisenoun a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one anotherwhen participating in any dangerous sport, one should maintain an equipoise between fearless boldness and commonsense caution balance, counterpoise, equilibration, equilibrium, 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 effectiveher frugality is a much-needed equipoise to her husband's spendthrift ways balance, canceler(or canceller), corrective, counter, counteraction, counterbalance, counterforce, counterpoise, counterweight, neutralizer, offset trade-offballast, weight in 1658 |