The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Counteraction \Coun`ter*ac"tion\ (koun`t?r-?k"sh?n), n.
   Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
   [1913 Webster]

         [They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a
         false principle or of stubborn partiality. --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

counteraction
    n 1: action intended to nullify the effects of some previous
         action [syn: neutralization, neutralisation,
         counteraction]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

80 Moby Thesaurus words for "counteraction":
   amends, atonement, balancing, bucking, challenge,
   combative reaction, commutation, compensation, complaint,
   contention, contradiction, contraposition, contravention,
   contraversion, counterbalancing, counterworking, crosscurrent,
   crossing, defiance, demur, denial, dispute, dissent, dissentience,
   expiation, fractiousness, head wind, impugnation, impugnment,
   indemnification, indemnity, lex talionis, negation, negativism,
   noncooperation, objection, obstinacy, offsetting, opposing,
   opposition, opposure, oppugnation, passive resistance, protest,
   reaction, rebuff, rebutment, rebuttal, recalcitrance,
   recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recompense, rectification, redress,
   refractoriness, refusal, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance,
   renitence, renitency, reparation, repayment, repellence,
   repellency, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restitution,
   retaliation, revenge, revolt, satisfaction, stand,
   standing against, substitution, traversal, uncooperativeness,
   undercurrent, withstanding