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  • 41Inequality — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Difference of quantity or degree. < N PARAG:Inequality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inequality inequality Sgm: N 1 disparity disparity imparity Sgm: N 1 odds odds Sgm: N 1 difference difference &c. 15 Sgm: N …

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  • 42Counter Evidence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Evidence on the other side, on the other hand. < N PARAG:Counter Evidence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 counter evidence counter evidence Sgm: N 1 evidence on the other side evidence on the other side evidence on the other… …

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  • 43compensate — vb 1 Compensate, countervail, balance, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise are comparable when meaning to make up for or to undo the effects of. Compensate is by far the broadest of these terms both in mode of use and scope of application. It… …

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  • 44Counterbalance — Coun ter*bal ance ( b?l ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterbalanced} ( anst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterbalancing}.] To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance. [1913… …

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  • 45Counterbalanced — Counterbalance Coun ter*bal ance ( b?l ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterbalanced} ( anst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterbalancing}.] To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to… …

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  • 46Counterbalancing — Counterbalance Coun ter*bal ance ( b?l ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterbalanced} ( anst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterbalancing}.] To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to… …

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  • 47Oppose — Op*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opposing}.] [F. opposer. See {Ob }, {Pose}, and cf.2d {Appose}, {Puzzle}, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.] 1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. [1913… …

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  • 48Opposed — Oppose Op*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opposing}.] [F. opposer. See {Ob }, {Pose}, and cf.2d {Appose}, {Puzzle}, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.] 1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. [1913 …

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  • 49Opposing — Oppose Op*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opposing}.] [F. opposer. See {Ob }, {Pose}, and cf.2d {Appose}, {Puzzle}, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.] 1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. [1913 …

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  • 50Otto von Bismarck — Not to be confused with Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck. Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck in August 1890 1st Chancellor of the German Empire …

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