Balance and Check

Balance

Balance verb - To make equal in amount, degree, or status.

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Check and balance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Check" instead the word "Balance" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: balanced, balancing, balancer

Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.

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Balance and check are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Balance" instead the word "Check" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

good	good balance	good check
direct	direct balance	direct check
fake	fake balance	fake check
proper	proper balance	proper check
Other adjectives: entire, successful, bad, personal, incredible.

Nobility being incompetent and a waste of space unless some independent group acts as check and balance.

Source: Literature / Familias Regnant
It might have worked as an ad-hoc check and balance mechanism, since the Solars are divinely-empowered god-king superhumans with enough power to rule the entire universe.

Source: The Gadfly
They primary serve as a check and a balance to the Templar Order, working to investigate any signs of corruption or dissent within its ranks.

Source: Church Militant

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