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countervail
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As a verb, countervail means counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
Meanings of countervail
4 meaningsverb
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
To compensate for.
Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
“This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues”
Similar: counteract, neutralize, counterbalance
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo have the same value or number as.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
verb: compensate for or counterbalance
verb: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
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