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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'QUIPOISE, n. s as z. [L. oequus, equal.] Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced. Hold the scales in equipoise. The mind may be in a state of equipoise, when motives are of equal weight.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1658 1. a state of equilibrium 2. counterbalance II. transitive verb Date: 1664 1. to serve as an equipoise to 2. to put or hold in equipoise

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 equilibrium; a balanced state. 2 a counterbalancing thing. --v.tr. counterbalance.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equipoise E"qui*poise, n. [Equi- + poise.] 1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. --Burke. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. --Longfellow. 2. Counterpoise. The equipoise to the clergy being removed. --Buckle.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Equilibrium, even balance, equality of weight.

Moby Thesaurus

balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, give-and-take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight, offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo, setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat