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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Counteraction

/(koun`t?r-?k"sh?n)/ · Coun·ter·ac·tion · IPA
01 n. Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
  1. 1.
    Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
    “[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality.” Johnson.