Definition of Compensate

Verb

  • make payment to
    compensate
    "My efforts were not remunerated"
  • do or give something to somebody in return
    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
    - pay off - make up
  • make reparations or amends for
    "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  • make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
    "he is compensating for being a bad father"
  • 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"
  • adjust for
    "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    - make up - even out - even off - even up
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Word games points for the Compensate

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Unscramble compensate

851 unscramble word found using the letters compensate.
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