Well balanced woman with a motherless man (4)
I believe the answer is:
even
'well balanced' is the definition.
'even' can be an answer for 'balanced' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'well' bit.
'woman with a motherless man' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a motherless man' becomes 'n' (knight, a man in chess. I am not sure about the 'motherless' bit.**).
'eve'+'n'='EVEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "like the numbers on two sides here" , "on level terms" , "Equable" , "Level as odds may be" , "Like 2018 but not 2017" .)