counterchecks's Usage Examples:

The purely selfish bond between condottieri and their employers, whether princes or republics, involved intrigues and treachery, checks and counterchecks, secret terror on the one hand and treasonable practice on the other, which ended by making statecraft in Italy synonymous with perfidy.

The officials are not well paid, and are certainly numerous; while the manifold checks and counterchecks have by no means always been sufficient to prevent dishonesty.

Synonyms:

arrest, stay, check, stop, halt, stoppage, hitch,

Antonyms:

intemperance, indiscipline, unskillfulness, immoderation, intense,