compensate
Verb
- adjust for
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- do or give something to somebody in return
- make payment to; compensate
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
Examples
- His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
- I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
- It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
- To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
- To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
Synonyms
correct, counterbalance, cover, even off, even out, even up, indemnify, make up, overcompensate, pay, pay off, recompense, redress, remunerate, repair, right, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, amend, appease, atone, compensate, compense, dispense, equate, expiate, guerdon, harmonize, level, make good, offset, reconcile, rectify, redeem, reimburse, remedy, requite, resolve, restitute and restitution, restore, square
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
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