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Textual thesaurus for "compensate"

(verb) recompense, remunerate

make payment to; compensate

My efforts were not remunerated


(verb) indemnify, recompense, repair

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


(verb) pay, pay off, make up

do or give something to somebody in return

Does she pay you for the work you are doing?


(verb) redress, right, correct

make reparations or amends for

right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust


(verb) make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up

adjust for

engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance


(verb) cover, overcompensate

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

he is compensating for being a bad father