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Meaning of compensate
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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