As from dictionary.reference.com,

bal-ance noun, verb, -anced, -anc-ing.
-noun

3.mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior, judgment, etc.
7.the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one's strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other.

-verb (used with object)

18.to bring to or hold in equilibrium; poise
19.to arrange, adjust, or proportion the parts of symmetrically.
20.to be equal or proportionate to



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