Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone.
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Equipoise
/ˈɛkwɪpɔɪz/
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Noun(7 words)
give-and-takeidentityjusticelevelnesslikenessmakeweightoffsetparparallelparallelismparitypoiseproportionquid pro quosetoffsomething of valuestasissymmetrytit for tat
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10 entriescalmnesscost benefit analysiscounterbalanceemotional balancemechanical balanceneutralizeoffsetpros and consstatic balancetherapeutic ambiguity
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7 entriesacademic equipoiseclinical equipoiseemotional equipoiseethical equipoiseintellectual equipoisemoral equipoisestate of equipoise
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“An easy evasion”, retorted the excited bride, who had lost her mental equipoise.
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The words were not without emotion, and retained their level tone as if by a careful equipoise between imminent extremes.
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And I saw him thus absorbed in godly pursuits in the midst of business, not once or twice, but very often. I never saw him lose his state of equipoise.
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