countervailed
Acted against successfully
Countervailed is the past tense of countervail, meaning to offset, counteract, or compensate for something.
When one force countervailed another, it acted against it with equal or greater power, effectively neutralizing its effect.
The term appears most often in legal and economic contexts: The benefits of the merger countervailed the regulatory concerns.
Import duties countervailed the foreign subsidies.
Compensate by opposing force
- counterbalancedEqualized by opposing weight
- negatedMade invalid or ineffective
- nullifiedMade legally void
- canceledOfficially called off
compensated · equalized · balanced · corrected · adjusted · redressed · remedied · mitigated
Argued against, disputed
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
- counteredResponded to challenge
- contradictedOpposed a statement
refuted · rebutted · resisted · combated · fought · defied · confronted · contended
offset
Compensate by opposing force
- counterbalancedEqualized by opposing weight
- negatedMade invalid or ineffective
- nullifiedMade legally void
canceled · compensated · equalized · balanced · corrected · adjusted · redressed · remedied · mitigated · moderated
contested
Argued against, disputed
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
- counteredResponded to challenge
contradicted · refuted · rebutted · resisted · combated · fought · defied · confronted · contended · argued
countervailedsupported
Gave aid or backing
reinforced · bolstered · aided · strengthened · assisted