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Meaning of word compensate from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

compensate   verb

Meaning : Adjust for.

Example : Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance.

Synonyms : correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up

Meaning : Make amends for. Pay compensation for.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : indemnify, recompense, repair

Meaning : Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.

Example : He is compensating for being a bad father.

Synonyms : cover, overcompensate

Meaning : Make reparations or amends for.

Example : Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust.

Synonyms : correct, redress, right

Treat unjustly. Do wrong to.

wrong

Meaning : Do or give something to somebody in return.

Example : Does she pay you for the work you are doing?.

Synonyms : make up, pay, pay off

Meaning : Make payment to. Compensate.

Example : My efforts were not remunerated.

Synonyms : recompense, remunerate