compensatory

Adj

Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
That compensates for a deleterious mutation

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 21

compensatory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
compensatory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
compensatory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

compensatory: valid Words With Friends Word