Counterbalanced

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of counterbalance form-of, participle, past

    "The wind blew from that direction, and brought with it the sound of their voices and laughter. The misery of such sounds was counterbalanced by the certainty that the same wind would waft their own voices, or rather Donna Margaretta's, voice away from the house."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a counterbalance
Adjective
  1. 1
    brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
balancedcounterpoised

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"The wind blew from that direction, and brought with it the sound of their voices and laughter. The misery of such sounds was counterbalanced by the certainty that the same wind would waft their own voices, or rather Donna Margaretta's, voice away from the house."

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