From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Equipoise \E"qui*poise\, noun [Equi- + poise.]
1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. --Burke.
Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. --Longfellow.
2. Counterpoise.
The equipoise to the clergy being removed. --Buckle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: equality of distribution [syn: {balance}, {equilibrium}, {counterbalance}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "equipoise": balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, give-and-take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight, offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo, setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat
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