Knights acted as a counterpoise to the barons.
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Counterpoise
/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪz/
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equipoiseequivalentevenfitflip sidefoilgive-and-takehead windintegrateinverselevelmake upmirror imageneutralizeobverseoffsetopposeoppositeopposite numberoppugn
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other sideoutweighpoiseproportionquid pro quoredeemreverseset offsetoffsquarestabilizestrike a balancetit for tatundercurrent
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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.
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Weights, counterpoising one another.
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So many freeholders of English […]will be able to beard, and to counterpoise the rest.
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