Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN-TER-BAL'ANCE
COUN-TER-AT-TRACT'IVECOUN-TER-BAL'ANCE
COUN-TER-BAL'ANCE, n.
Equal weight, power or agency acting in opposition to any thing. Money is the counterbalance of all things purchasable. – Locke.
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