1. counterweight - Noun
2. counterweight - Verb
a weight that balances another weight
constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
Source: WordNetThe Democratic and Republican parties each operates as a necessary counterweight in a partnership designed to keep the pendulum of power swinging in perpetuity from the one set of colluding quislings to the other, and back. Ilana Mercer
It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart. Sarah Waters
Egalitarian policies are the best way to unite and empower people, and are also a necessary counterweight to the sometimes detrimental influence of market forces. Johanna Sigurðardottir
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. Simone Weil
A counterweight at the upper end keeps the center of mass well above geostationary orbit level. Source: Internet
After devolution began to take place in other parts of the United Kingdom it was planned that referendums for the regions of England would take place for their own elected regional assemblies as a counterweight. Source: Internet