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contradictory, cure, disadvantageous, offset, preventive
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
counteractant
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counteractant — coun·ter·ac·tant … English syllables
counteractant — tənt, tənt adjective : counteracting … Useful english dictionary
counteract — counteractant, adj. counteracter, counteractor, n. counteractingly, adv. counteraction, n. counteractive, adj. counteractively, adv. /kown teuhr akt /, v.t. to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action. [1670 80; COUNTER + ACT] … Universalium
Tee-to-tum — Tee to tum, n. [Cf. {Teetotaler}.] A workingmen s resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cure — vb cured, cur·ing vt: to deal with in a way that eliminates or corrects: as a: to use judicial procedures to undo (damage to a litigant s case caused by procedural errors made during a trial) subsequent proceedings cured harm caused by trial… … Law dictionary
offset — off·set 1 / ȯf ˌset/ n: a claim or amount that reduces or balances another claim or amount: set off the creditor s own debt was an offset; also: the reduction or balance achieved by such a claim off·set 2 /ˌȯf set/ vt: to balance, reduce, or… … Law dictionary
contradictory — I adjective abjuratory, absonant, adversative, adverse, antagonistic, antithetical, asserting the contrary, asserting the opposite, at odds, at variance, clashing, conflicting, confutative, confuting, contradicting, contradistinct,… … Law dictionary
disadvantageous — I adjective adverse, baleful, baneful, biased, corrosive, counteractant, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disapproved, disserviceable, gainless, harmful, hindering, hurtful, impolitic, inadvisable, incommodus, injurious,… … Law dictionary
preventive — I adjective alert, antidotal, antiseptic, arresting, aseptic, averting, blocking, careful, cautious, checking, counteractant, counteracting, defensive, deterrent, deterring, disinfectant, forestalling, germicidal, guarded, guarding, hindering,… … Law dictionary
antacid — Synonyms and related words: acid, acidity, agent, alexipharmic, alkali, alkalinity, alkalizer, alloisomer, anion, annulling, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antidotal, antidote, antimicrobial, antipyretic, antitoxic, atom, bacteriostatic, base,… … Moby Thesaurus
