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COMPENSATE

Definition:

1. [verb] adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   Synonyms: counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
   
   
2. [verb] make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
   Synonyms: recompense, repair, indemnify
   
   
3. [verb] make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
   Synonyms: cover, over
   
   
4. [verb] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   Synonyms: right, redress, correct
   
   
5. [verb] do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
   Synonyms: pay, pay off, make up
   
   
6. [verb] make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
   Synonyms: recompense, remunerate
   
   

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Related Words:

• carry
• cover, compensate, overcompensate
• give
• over-correct, overcompensate
• expiate, aby, abye, atone
• recoup, reimburse

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