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Compensate

//ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
  2. 2
    make payment to; compensate wordnet
  3. 3
    To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.

    "It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it."

  4. 4
    make amends for; pay compensation for wordnet
  5. 5
    To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even. ambitransitive

    "His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality."

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  1. 6
    do or give something to somebody in return wordnet
  2. 7
    To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

    "I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast."

  3. 8
    make reparations or amends for wordnet
  4. 9
    adjust for wordnet
  5. 10
    make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.

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