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compensate

com·pen·sate

UK/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/ US/ˈkɒm.pɛn.seɪt/ fairly common

verb

1.

adjust or make up for

  • “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”
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2.

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”
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3.

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

  • “he is compensating for being a bad father”
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4.

make reparations or amends for

  • “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
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5.

do or give something to somebody in return

  • “Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”
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6.

make payment to; compensate

  • “My efforts were not remunerated”
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Origin

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.

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