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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

equipoise
    n 1: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium,
         equipoise, counterbalance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Equipoise \E"qui*poise\, n. [Equi- + poise.]
   1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state
      in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced,
      and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said
      of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
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            The means of preserving the equipoise and the
            tranquillity of the commonwealth.     --Burke.
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            Our little lives are kept in equipoise
            By opposite attractions and desires.  --Longfellow.
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   2. Counterpoise.
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            The equipoise to the clergy being removed. --Buckle.
      Equipollence

Thesaurus Results for equipoise:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, give-and-take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight, offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo, setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat

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