Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To act against with equal force, or power; to equal; to act with equivalent effect against any thing; to balance; to compensate.
2. The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences.
3. Although the enemy could not countervail the kings damage. Esther 7:4 .
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Acted against with equal force or power; balanced; compensated.
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Inequality Roget’s Thesaurus §28
N. inequality, disparity, imparity, odds, difference, unevenness, inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight, shortcoming, casting weight, make- weight, superiority, inferiority, inequation
V. be unequal, countervail, have the advantage, give the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, topple, topple over, overmatch, not come up to
Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial, unbalanced, overbalanced, top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed, disquiparant
Adv. haud passibus aequis
Compensation Roget’s Thesaurus §30
N. compensation, equation, commutation, indemnification, compromise neutralization, nullification, counteraction, reaction, measure for measure, retaliation equalization, robbing peter to pay paul, set-off, offset, make-weight, casting-weight, counterpoise, ballast, indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo, bribe, hush money, amends, counterbalance, counterclaim, cross-debt, cross-demand
V. make compensation, compensate, compense, indemnify, counteract, countervail, counterpoise, balance, outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance, set off, hedge, square, give and take, make up for, lee way, cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify, equalize, make good, redeem
Adv. in return, in consideration, but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding, nevertheless, nathless, none the less, although, though, albeit, howbeit, mauger, at all events, at any rate, be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus, quand meme, however that may be, after all is said and done, taking one thing with another
Phr. "light is mingled with the gloom", every dark cloud has a silver lining, primo avulso non deficit alter, saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas, quantity by comparison with a standard
Counter Evidence Roget’s Thesaurus §468
N. counter evidence, evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand, conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence, disproof, refutation, negation, plea, vindication counter protest, "tu quoque" argument, other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield
V. countervail, oppose, mitigate against, rebut, subvert, cheek, weaken, contravene, contradict, tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case, turn the tables, cut both ways, prove a negative, audire alteram partem
Adj. countervailing, contradictory, unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence, supposititious
Adv. on the contrary, per contra
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For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency is invaluable.