compensate

Verb
  1. Adjust for (synset 202678329)
    "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    is a type of: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize - bring into balance or equilibrium
    subtypes:
    • carry - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
    • compensate, cover, overcompensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
    same as: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
  2. Make amends for;
    Pay compensation for (synset 202255433)
    "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"
    is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    subtypes: give - deliver in exchange or recompense
    same as: indemnify, recompense, repair
  3. Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (synset 202678648)
    "he is compensating for being a bad father"
    is a type of: compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up - adjust for
    same as: cover, overcompensate
    verb group: cover, insure, underwrite - protect by insurance
  4. Make reparations or amends for (synset 202525657)
    "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: correct, redress, right
  5. Do or give something to somebody in return (synset 202258264)
    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
    is a type of: settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement
    same as: make up, pay, pay off
  6. Make payment to;
    Compensate (synset 202254549)
    "My efforts were not remunerated"
    is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    subtypes: recoup, reimburse - reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
    same as: recompense, remunerate

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