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Counteraction

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coun·ter·act  (kountr-kt)
tr.v. coun·ter·act·ed, coun·ter·act·ing, coun·ter·acts
To oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary action; check.
counter·action n.
counter·active adj.
counter·active·ly adv.
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Noun1.counteraction - action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
neutralisation, neutralization
nullification, override - the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
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He performed these various operations with so much mystery, activity, and generosity, that never was Fouquet, then laboring under an attack of fever, more nearly saved, except for the counteraction of that immense disturber of human projects, - chance.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
On the contrary, she was so totally unused to have her pleasure consulted, or to have anything take place at all in the way she could desire, that she was more disposed to wonder and rejoice in having carried her point so far, than to repine at the counteraction which followed.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
The doctrine of hatred must be preached, as the counteraction of the doctrine of love, when that pules and whines.
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