balance (n.)
- accord
- account
- afterglow
- afterimage
- agree
- aplomb
- arrangement
- assets
- assurance
- atmosphere
- audit
- authority
- average
- ballast
- beauty
- bonus
- book
- brushwork
- budget
- butt
- cancel
- capital
- capitalization
- carry
- center
- chaff
- check
- coextension
- color
- command
- communion
- community
- comparability
- compare
- composition
- composure
- confidence
- conformity
- congruity
- consideration
- consistency
- constancy
- contrast
- control
- cool
- coolness
- coordinate
- correlation
- correlativity
- correspondence
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- counterweight
- credit
- damp
- debate
- debit
- debris
- deficit
- demur
- design
- detritus
- difference
- discrepancy
- ditto
- dividend
- docket
- draftsmanship
- draw
- end
- enter
- equal
- equality
- equanimity
- equation
- equilibrium
- equipoise
- equity
- equivalence
- equivalent
- estimate
- euphony
- eurythmics
- eurythmy
- even
- evenness
- excess
- exchequer
- extra
- falter
- fastness
- fear
- finances
- finish
- firm
- firmness
- fit
- footing
- fossil
- freeze
- fund
- funds
- generality
- give-and-take
- gratuity
- grist
- grouping
- harmony
- heel
- heft
- hold
- holdings
- holdover
- homeostasis
- hover
- identity
- imperturbability
- invariability
- inventory
- jib
- justice
- keep
- keeping
- kitty
- knot
- lagniappe
- leftover
- leftovers
- level
- likeness
- line
- log
- lucidity
- makeweight
- margin
- match
- mean
- means
- measure
- median
- mediocrity
- medium
- middle
- midpoint
- minute
- mutuality
- nerve
- net
- norm
- normal
- normalcy
- normality
- note
- offset
- order
- orts
- overage
- overhaul
- overplus
- overrun
- oversupply
- par
- parallel
- parallelism
- parity
- pause
- perspective
- plus
- poise
- polarity
- ponder
- pool
- possession
- post
- pourboire
- practicality
- preponderance
- property
- proportion
- proportionality
- purse
- ratio
- rationality
- reach
- reason
- reasonableness
- reciprocality
- reciprocation
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- refuse
- regularity
- relate
- relativity
- reliability
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- repose
- reserves
- residual
- residue
- residuum
- resource
- resources
- rest
- restraint
- retreat
- rhythm
- rival
- roach
- rubbish
- rule
- rump
- run
- sameness
- saneness
- sang-froid
- sanity
- savings
- sawdust
- scales
- score
- scraps
- scruple
- secureness
- security
- self-assurance
- self-command
- self-confidence
- self-control
- self-possession
- self-restraint
- sense
- senses
- sensibleness
- setoff
- shading
- shadow
- shapeliness
- shavings
- shy
- similarity
- smooth
- soberness
- sobriety
- solidity
- soundness
- spare
- square
- stability
- stagnancy
- stagnation
- stasis
- steadfastness
- steadiness
- steady
- stereotype
- stick
- straw
- stubble
- stump
- substance
- substantiality
- supply
- surplus
- surplusage
- survival
- sweetness
- symmetricalness
- symmetry
- tally
- technique
- tie
- tip
- tone
- touch
- trace
- treasure
- treatment
- tune
- uniformity
- values
- vestige
- waste
- weight
- wherewithal
- wholesomeness
- yield
balance (v.)
- accommodate
- accord
- account
- adjust
- agree
- analogize
- assess
- assimilate
- attune
- audit
- average
- ballast
- book
- budget
- butt
- cancel
- capitalize
- carry
- center
- chaff
- check
- color
- command
- compare
- compensate
- confront
- consider
- contrast
- control
- cool
- coordinate
- correspond
- counteract
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- counterpose
- countervail
- counterweight
- credit
- damp
- debate
- debit
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- demur
- design
- ditto
- docket
- double-check
- draw
- end
- enter
- equal
- equalize
- equate
- equilibrize
- estimate
- evaluate
- even
- falter
- fear
- finish
- firm
- fit
- flatten
- freeze
- fund
- harmonize
- heel
- heft
- hesitate
- hold
- homogenize
- hover
- immobilize
- integrate
- inventory
- jib
- justice
- keep
- knot
- level
- liken
- line
- log
- match
- mean
- measure
- middle
- minute
- nerve
- net
- normalize
- note
- offset
- oppose
- order
- outweigh
- overhaul
- overrun
- overstock
- oversupply
- par
- parallel
- pause
- plus
- poise
- ponder
- pool
- post
- proportion
- prove
- purse
- reach
- reason
- redeem
- refuse
- regularize
- regulate
- relate
- remainder
- repose
- rest
- retain
- retreat
- rival
- roach
- rubbish
- rule
- rump
- run
- score
- scruple
- sense
- shadow
- shy
- smooth
- spare
- square
- stabilize
- standardize
- steady
- stereotype
- stick
- stickle
- straw
- stump
- supply
- symmetrize
- tally
- tie
- tip
- tone
- touch
- trace
- transfix
- treasure
- tune
- uniformize
- verify
- waste
- weigh
- weight
- withdraw
- yield
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale,
Where in nice balance truth with gold she weighs,
And solid pudding against empty praise.
The balance of power.
I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.
