balanced out

Offset the difference

Balanced out describes opposing forces or factors that cancel each other, resulting in equilibrium or no net change.

Gains balanced out by losses leave you where you started: The extra income balanced out the higher taxes.

In the end, the pros and cons balanced out.

Related

compensation · fairness · sustainability · symmetry · adjustment · neutralized · homeostasis · reconciliation · give and take · parity · level playing field · equal footing · offset · optimization · proportion · alignment · leveling · calibration

Opposites
equilibrium/evenness

balanced outtilted

Angled from vertical

skewed · unbalanced · lopsided · imbalanced · tipped

resolution/compensation

balanced outcompounded

Combined or worsened

amplified · accumulated · exacerbated · intensified · magnified

Family

balance, balanced, balancing, balances, unbalanced, imbalance, imbalanced, outing, outward

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