balance out

verb

1. To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.

   “If you consider all the negative and all the positive factors, it should balance out to something acceptable.”

   “"It's something they look forward to and they get as much out of helping us as we do from receiving help and it all sort of balances out in the end."”

2. To counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance.

   “You can add some honey to balance out the sourness of the lemon.”

   “The city says that's mostly due to Calgarians having more than enough babies to balance out deaths.”