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   compensate

   /ˈkɒmp(ə)nseɪt/

   verb

   • 1. give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense: "payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies" Similar recompenserepaypay backreimburseremuneraterecouprequiteindemnifysettle up withsettle accounts with
   • ▪ pay (someone) for work performed: "he will be richly compensated for his efforts"
   • 2. reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect: "the manager is hoping for victory to compensate for the team's dismal league campaign" Similar make amendsmake upmake restitutionmake reparationmake recompenserecompenseatonerequitepayexpiatemake goodput to rightsrectifyoffsetsquare
   • ▪ act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect): "the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall" Similar balancebalance outcounterbalancecounteractcounterpoisecountervailmake up foroffsetcancel outneutralizenullifyeven upsquare uprare:equilibrizenegativecounterweigh
   • ▪ attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction: "they put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘counterbalance’): from Latin compensat- ‘weighed against’, from the verb compensare, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compensative adjective
   • 2. compensator noun

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