Thesaurus / counterpoise
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I felt that the only counterpoise to my cruelty to you in my drawing-room would be to come as a suppliant to yours.'
THE WELL-BELOVEDTHOMAS HARDYThis was a dream which is obviously a counterpoise to the exaggerated feeling of royal power.
THE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDSEVERETT DEAN MARTINThen the counterpoise is diminished; the mechanical difficulty of lifting is augmented, yet still it takes place.
MYSTERIOUS PSYCHIC FORCESCAMILLE FLAMMARIONAgainst the suffering of sensuous nature the human heart has only recourse to its moral nature as counterpoise.
THE AESTHETICAL ESSAYSFRIEDRICH SCHILLERThis may not be a counterpoise to the existing evils, but it is at least a share of mortal good, and good of an exquisite kind.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. III (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTIn this single individual he possessed an adequate counterpoise to the most dreaded cabal.
THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS, COMPLETEFRIEDRICH SCHILLERThe colleges began as a counterpoise to the schools of the regular and mendicant orders, more particularly the latter.
RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE THAMES, FROM SOURCE TO SEA.ANONYMOUSIt is the law of human nature, and the claims of the living are the counterpoise to the memory of the dead.
SIR JASPER CAREWCHARLES JAMES LEVERThis was probably to act as a counterpoise, and also to facilitate drawing the piece from the holster.
ARMOUR IN ENGLANDJ. STARKIE GARDNERNo representative system, or other popular organization, by way of counterpoise to this governing power, is ever contemplated.
AUGUST COMTE AND POSITIVISMJOHN-STUART MILLWORDS RELATED TO COUNTERPOISE
- acknowledgment
- answer
- attitude
- back talk
- backfire
- backlash
- boomerang
- comeback
- compensation
- counteraction
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- double-take
- echo
- feedback
- feeling
- hit
- kick
- kickback
- knee-jerk
- lip
- opinion
- reagency
- rebound
- reception
- receptivity
- reciprocation
- recoil
- reflection
- reflex
- rejoinder
- repercussion
- reply
- retort
- return
- reverberation
- revulsion
- sass
- snappy comeback
- take
- vibes
- wisecrack
- acknowledgments
- answers
- attitudes
- back talks
- backfires
- backlashes
- boomerangs
- comebacks
- compensations
- counteractions
- counterbalances
- counterpoises
- double-takes
- echoes
- feedbacks
- feelings
- hits
- kickbacks
- kicks
- knee-jerks
- lips
- opinions
- reagencies
- rebounds
- receptions
- receptivities
- reciprocation
- recoil
- reflections
- reflexes
- rejoinders
- repercussions
- replies
- retorts
- returns
- reverberations
- revulsion
- sasses
- snappy comebacks
- takes
- vibes
- wisecracks
- ante up
- atone
- atone for
- balance
- comp
- compensate
- cough up
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- do business
- equalize
- expiate
- fix
- give satisfaction
- grease
- indemnify
- make amends
- make good
- make up for
- offset
- overcompensate
- pay
- pay for
- propitiate
- put out
- reciprocate
- recoup
- recover
- redress
- reimburse
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
- retaliate
- retrieve
- return
- reward
- satisfy
- spring for
- square
- sweeten the pot
- swing for
- take care of
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