counteract

/ˈkaʊntəɹˌækt/noun

An act carried out to oppose or cancel out another act.

Example sentence

“Every measure the king took was met with a counteract from parliament.”

In practice this is a verb: one force or measure counteracts another, as caffeine counteracts drowsiness.

Related words

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