compensate

verbs

adjust for

"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

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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"

compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair

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make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

"he is compensating for being a bad father"

compensate, cover, overcompensate

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make reparations or amends for

"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

compensate, correct, redress, right

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do or give something to somebody in return

"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

compensate, make up, pay, pay off

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make payment to; compensate

"My efforts were not remunerated"

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