compensate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- recompense, atone, make amends, make good, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay
- cancel (out), balance, counteract, counterbalance, make up for, offset, redress

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Related Idioms: make amends (or reparations), make matters right, make restitution (or reparation)
Related Words: abrogate, annul, invalidate, negate, nullify, counteract, negative, neutralize, better, fix (up), improve, repair, redress, recoup, refund

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

com‧pen‧sate AC /ˈkɒmpənseɪt $ ˈkɑːm-/ verb
[Word Family: verb: compensate; noun: compensation; adjective: compensatory]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of compensare, from compendere; ⇒ compendium]

1. [intransitive] to replace or balance the effect of something bad:
Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.
compensate for
Her intelligence more than compensates for her lack of experience.

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In everyday English, people usually say make up for something rather than compensate for something:
What she lacks in patience she makes up for in determination.

2. [transitive] to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage:
the government’s promise to compensate victims of the flood
compensate somebody for something
The firm will compensate workers for their loss of earnings.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

compensate
verb
I. remove/reduce the bad effect of sth
ADV. amply, fully | more than The advantages of the scheme more than compensate for the risks associated with it.
partially, partly
PREP. for

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

compensate
II. pay money for a loss/injury
ADV. adequately, properly | fully, in full People whose health has suffered will be compensated in full.
financially I expect to be compensated financially.
PREP. for The company will compensate you for the losses you have suffered.

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