Compensatory

//kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury not-comparable
  2. 2
    Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something not-comparable
  3. 3
    That compensates for a deleterious mutation not-comparable

Synonyms

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amendatoryapologeticasceticatoningbalancingcleansing

Example

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"Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them."

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.

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compensatory lengtheningcompensatory time

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