Hypertext Webster Gateway: "counteraction"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Counteraction \Coun`ter*ac"tion\ (koun`t?r-?k"sh?n), n.
Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a
false principle or of stubborn partiality. --Johnson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

counteraction
n : action intended to nullify the effects of some previous
action [syn: {neutralization}, {neutralisation}]


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