Compensate(v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
Compensate(v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
Compensate(v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
Compensated(imp. & p. p.) of Compensate
Compensating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compensate
Compensation(n.) The act or principle of compensating.
Compensation(n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.
Compensation(n.) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
Compensation(n.) A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
Compensation(n.) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
Compensative(a.) Affording compensation.
Compensative(n.) Compensation.
Compensator(n.) One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
Compensator(n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.
Compense(v. t.) To compensate.

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