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Check and balance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

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Definitions
Noun
1

The mutual oversight provided by a system of independent organizations with control over each other.

Verb
1

Provide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.

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Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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