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/kaʊntəˈweɪ/ · verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something)..
Yet Francis's favour could not counterweigh the disastrous flaw in European Christian mission in Africa, its association with the Portuguese slave trade.
Use counterweigh when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Counterweigh means (intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet Francis's favour could not counterweigh the disastrous flaw in European Christian mission in Africa, its association with the Portuguese slave trade.
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