counteraction

Roget category 179

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
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#179. Counteraction

noun

counteraction, opposition — contrariety etc. 14 — antagonism, polarity — clashing etc. v. — collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction — reaction — retroaction etc. (recoil) 277 — counterblast^† — neutralization etc. (compensation) 30 — vis inertiae [Lat.] — check etc. (hindrance) 706.
voluntary opposition etc. 708, voluntary resistance etc. 719 — repression etc. (restraint) 751.
opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety) 14.

verb

counteract — run counter, clash, cross — interfere with, conflict with — contravene — jostle — go against, run against, beat against, militate against — stultify — antagonize, block, oppose etc. 708 — traverse — withstand etc. (resist) 719 — hinder etc. 706 — repress etc. (restrain) 751 — react etc. (recoil) 277.
undo, neutralize — counterpoise etc. (compensate) 30 — overpoise^†.

adjective

counteracting etc. v. — antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary — contrary etc. 14.

adverb

although etc. 30 — in spite of etc. 708 — against.

phrase

for every action there is a reaction, equal in for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction" [Newton].

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