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redress the balance
redress the balance
Readjust matters, restore equilibrium, as in If our party wins in a few big cities, it will redress the balance of urban and rural interests in the House . [Mid-1800s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Paquita | | - | Spanish |
Isiah | | ie-ZIE-ə | English |
VÍCtor | | BEEK-tor (Spanish) | Spanish, Catalan |
Henryka | | hen-RI-kah | Polish |
Yefet | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
Zlatan | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene |