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Another word for countervail

verb

To act as an equalizing weight or force to:
balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, make up, offset, set off. See order
To make up for:
balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, neutralize, offset, outweigh, redeem, set off. See substitute

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No amount of skill in the manipulation of figures, no ingenuity in shifting fiscal burdens, could prevent the addition of forty-one millions to the national debt, or could countervail the appalling mismanagement at the seat of war.

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