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Webster 1913 Edition


Counteraction

Counˊter-ac′tion

(kounˊt?r-?k′sh?n)
,
Noun.
Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
[They] do not . . . overcome the
counteraction
of a false principle or of stubborn partiality.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Counteraction

COUNTERACTION

,
Noun.
Action in opposition; hindrance.