Countersway

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Countersway \Coun"ter*sway`\ (-sw[=a]`), n.
     A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
     [Obs.]
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           A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild


           exorbitance.                             --Milton.
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