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      countervail
      verb
      oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
      compensate for or counterbalance
      Roots
      contracounter- · Latin · againstvalerevail- · Latin · to be strong, be worth
      Synonyms for countervail
      counteractvcounterbalancevoffsetvequiponderatevcounterposevcounterweighcounterworkcompensatevbalancenequalizev
      Words related to countervail
      countervailableadjneutralizevcounterpoisedadjcounterpoisingncounterpoisesnequibalancencounteractivelyadvcounterweightnoverpoisevoverbalancevmitigatevmitigativeadjequiponderancenextenuatoryadjmitigatoryadjextenuatevattenuatevcountertrademitigantadjoutbalancevpalliatevimmitigableadjnegatevcompensabilityncounteractiveadjmitigatorobviatevcompensativeadjcounteringvmisbalancen

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      The word countervail breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: counter-, from Latin contra (“against”); and vail, from Latin valere (“to be strong, be worth”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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