compensate (v.)

  1. adjust for; engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance

    [ Syn: counterbalance , correct , make up , even out , even off , even up ]

  2. make amends for; pay compensation for; One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich; She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident

    [ Syn: recompense , repair , indemnify ]

  3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; he is compensating for being a bad father

    [ Syn: cover , overcompensate ]

  4. make reparations or amends for; right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

    [ Syn: right , redress , correct ]

  5. do or give something to somebody in return; Does she pay you for the work you are doing?

    [ Syn: pay , pay off , make up ]

  6. make payment to; compensate; My efforts were not remunerated

    [ Syn: recompense , remunerate ]

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