Counterpoise

//ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪz//

"Counterpoise" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Knights acted as a counterpoise to the barons.

This necessary counterpoise, the affectionate and simple-minded will readily conceive, would arise to Louisa from the absence of those "dear familiar faces" which had hitherto constituted her world.

Weights, counterpoising one another.

So many freeholders of English […]will be able to beard, and to counterpoise the rest.

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