Compensatory
/kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury not-comparable
- 2 Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something not-comparable
- 3 That compensates for a deleterious mutation not-comparable
Example
More examples"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.