Countervail

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  • intransitive verb. To act against with equal force; counteract.
  • intransitive verb. To compensate for; offset.
  • intransitive verb. To act against an often detrimental influence or power.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Counterbalancing power or weight sufficient to obviate or counteract any effect; equal efficacy or value; compensation; requital.
  • To act against or antagonize with equal force or power; act or avail with equivalent effect against; counteract.
  • Hence To be or furnish an equivalent of or a compensation for; make good; offset.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
  • noun. Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To have the same value as.
  • verb. To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
  • verb. To compensate for.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  • verb. compensate for or counterbalance
    • Word Usage
    "You don't call it countervail, you call it something else."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    balance  equilibrate  equilibrise  equilibrize  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accommodate  adjust  amend  antagonize  atone for  
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