Thesaurus / countervail
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At the same time, the very recency of RNA vaccines and the rapidity of their production generated a countervailing doubt manifesting as high levels of anti-vaccination.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT DOUBT - ISSUE 104: HARMONYDAVID KRAKAUERSEPTEMBER 1, 2021NAUTILUSEconomist John Kenneth Galbraith famously called this “countervailing power.”
CAN A GRAND BARGAIN EMPOWER AMAZON’S WORKERS AND LIMIT CORPORATE POWER?NELSON LICHTENSTEINMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBut whatever becomes of us, we are sure the adversary cannot countervail the King's damages.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSONHer object being to countervail the design of her husband, she instantly commences a system of manoeuvring to carry her point.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXAnd to countervail this, it has been laid down by nature, that the men who have something to say don't say it.
THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS UPMORE, BART., M.P., FORMERLY KNOWN AS "TOMMY UPMORE"R. D. BLACKMOREThe thegn is a twelve hundred man; his wergild and his oath countervail those of six ceorls.
DOMESDAY BOOK AND BEYONDFREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLANDThe Author of all things, though besought, did not so co-operate as to countervail the legitimate action of natural powers.
THE MISSING LINK IN MODERN SPIRITUALISMA. LEAH UNDERHILLThere have been others who would never allow any claim of mere expediency to countervail against the dictates of conscience.
TEN TUDOR STATESMENARTHUR D. INNESWhat censures, then, can I have in reserve to countervail such praises?
OLD-FASHIONED ETHICS AND COMMON-SENSE METAPHYSICSWILLIAM THOMAS THORNTONNothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency is unvaluable.
ESSAYS AND TALESJOSEPH ADDISONWORDS RELATED TO COUNTERVAIL
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- ax
- blue pencil
- bring to naught
- call all bets off
- compensate
- confine
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countervail
- disannul
- forget it
- invalidate
- kill
- limit
- negate
- neutralize
- offset
- quash
- render null and void
- renege
- repeal
- rescind
- restrict
- scratch
- scrub
- squash
- stamp out
- take out
- torpedo
- trash
- undo
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- wash out
- wipe out
- zap
- 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
- abide
- abstain from
- antagonize
- assail
- assault
- battle
- bear
- brook
- buck
- check
- combat
- confront
- contend
- continue
- counteract
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- curb
- defy
- die hard
- dispute
- duel
- endure
- fight back
- forbear
- forgo
- hinder
- hold
- hold off
- hold out against
- keep from
- leave alone
- maintain
- persevere
- persist
- prevent
- put up a fight
- refrain
- refuse
- remain
- remain firm
- repel
- stand up to
- stay
- stonewall
- struggle against
- suffer
- thwart
- traverse
- turn down
- weather
- abided
- abstain from
- antagonized
- assailed
- assaulted
- battled
- bore
- brooked
- bucked
- checked
- combated
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- continued
- counteracted
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- curbed
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- hindered
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- left alone
- maintained
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- persisted
- prevented
- put up a fight
- refrained
- refused
- remained
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- stayed
- stonewalled
- stood up to
- struggled against
- suffered
- thwarted
- traversed
- turned down
- weathered
- abides
- abstain from
- antagonizes
- assails
- assaults
- battles
- bears
- brooks
- bucks
- checks
- combats
- confronts
- contends
- continues
- counteracts
- countervails
- curbs
- defies
- dies hard
- disputes
- duels
- endures
- fights back
- forbears
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- hinders
- holds
- holds off
- holds out against
- keeps from
- leaves alone
- maintains
- perseveres
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- prevents
- puts up a fight
- refrains
- refuses
- remains
- remains firm
- repels
- stands up to
- stays
- stonewalls
- struggles against
- suffers
- thwarts
- traverses
- turns down
- weathers
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