Equipoise

3 definitions found

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

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "equipoise":
     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