1. [noun] (uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium
2. [noun] (uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed
3. [noun] Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight
4. [noun] A pair of scales
5. [noun] (uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity
6. [noun] (uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately 'weighs' more than others
7. [noun] (uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)
8. [noun] (accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
9. [noun] (accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
10. [noun] (watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
11. [noun] (legal) the remainder.
12. [noun] (obsolete) (astrology) Libra
13. [verb] (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
14. [verb] (transitive) (figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
15. [verb] (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
16. [verb] (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
17. [verb] (transitive) (dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
18. [verb] (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
19. [verb] (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
20. [verb] (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
21. [verb] (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
22. [noun] A state of equilibrium.
23. [noun] Equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
24. [noun] Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); 'in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance'- John Ruskin.
25. [noun] Equality of distribution.
26. [noun] Something left after other parts have been taken away; 'there was no remainder'; 'he threw away the rest'; 'he took what he wanted and I got the balance'.
27. [noun] The difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
28. [noun] (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra.
29. [noun] The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22.
30. [noun] (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
31. [noun] A weight that balances another weight.
32. [noun] A wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat.
33. [noun] A scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity.
34. [verb] Bring into balance or equilibrium; 'She has to balance work and her domestic duties'; 'balance the two weights'.
35. [verb] Compute credits and debits of an account.
36. [verb] Hold or carry in equilibrium.
37. [verb] Be in equilibrium; 'He was balancing on one foot'.
