counterweighing
Acting against weight
Counterweighing is the act of balancing or offsetting something with an equivalent force or consideration on the other side.
When you counterweigh one factor against another, you're measuring their relative importance or effect: The benefits of the new policy must be counterweighed against its costs.
The term appears in both literal contexts involving physical balance and figurative ones involving competing interests or arguments.
State of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- fulcrumLever's balance point
- pivotPoint of rotation
beam · tare · leveling · steadiness · stability · poise · symmetry · proportion
Acting in opposition
- resistingActively opposing pressure
- opposingStanding against something
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
- counterforceMilitary-targeted strike capability
pushback · check · restraint · hindrance · impediment · counterinfluence · counterpressure · countervailing
Counteracting with equivalence
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
- neutralizingMaking something ineffective
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- rectifyingCorrecting an error
redressing · remedying · balancing out · making up for · correcting · adjusting · evening out · negating
Measuring mass or heft
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- assessingEvaluating worth or significance
- measuringDetermining size or amount
judging · comparing · pros and cons · trade-offs · deliberating · factoring · accounting for · reckoning
equilibrium
State of balance
pivot · beam · tare · leveling · steadiness · stability · poise · symmetry · proportion · evenness
countering
Acting in opposition
- resistingActively opposing pressure
- opposingStanding against something
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
counterforce · pushback · check · restraint · hindrance · impediment · counterinfluence · counterpressure · countervailing · antagonism
offsetting
Counteracting with equivalence
- counteractingOpposing to neutralize
- neutralizingMaking something ineffective
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
rectifying · redressing · remedying · balancing out · making up for · correcting · adjusting · evening out · negating · canceling out
weighing
Measuring mass or heft
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- assessingEvaluating worth or significance
measuring · judging · comparing · pros and cons · trade-offs · deliberating · factoring · accounting for · reckoning · calculating
counterweighingreinforcing
Making more robust
amplifying · augmenting · compounding · strengthening · intensifying
counterweighingsupporting
Bearing or sustaining
assisting · aiding · abetting · furthering · advancing
counterweighingexacerbating
Making something worse
aggravating · worsening · compounding · deepening · heightening
weight, weigh, overweight, weighted, outweigh, counterbalance, counterweight, underweight, weighting