[f. next + -ATION.] The action or process of equalizing; the condition of being equalized.
1793. Anthony Pasquin (John Williams), Calm Exam. Upon the basis of necessary equalization and reciprocity.
1794. J. Hutton, Philos. Light, etc. 91. An opposite source of equalization, tending to restore that equilibrium which is also continually lost.
1806. Herschel, in Phil. Trans., XCVI. 210. A certain equalization, or approach to equality may be obtained between the motions of the stars.
1849. D. G. Mitchell, Battle Summer (1852), 283. Alas, for the happy equalization which our Republic was to effect!
1845. McCulloch, Taxation, II. v. (ed. 2), 221. In August 1848, the nominal equalisation of the duties was effected.
