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balances

noun , plural of balance

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1 a device for measuring weight

use a balance to make sure you get the amounts precisely correct

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2 a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective

the balance to the mountain of complaints are the many letters of praise that we also receive

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cancelers (or cancellers), correctives, counters, counteractions, counterbalances, counterforces (or counter-forces), counterpoises, counterweights, equipoises, neutralizers, offsets

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ballasts, weights

3 a remaining group or portion

and the balance of the contestants should stand in that last corner

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leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remainders, remains, remnants, residues, residua, rests

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fragments, scraps, vestiges

butts, oddments, scrapings, stubs, stumps

excesses, fat, overabundances, overages, overflows, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses

Near Antonyms of balances

bodies, bulks, mains, masses, mosts, weights

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