Compensate - Definition
compensate
v 1: adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or
air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance,
correct, make up, even out, even off, even up]
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" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair,
indemnify]
3: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by
exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a
bad father" [syn: cover, compensate, overcompensate]
4: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
5: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you
for the work you are doing?" [syn: pay, pay off, make
up, compensate]
6: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]