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Compensatory

//kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi// adj

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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

Etymology

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

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