compensate meaning and definition

COMPENSATE verb

Definition of compensate (verb)

1. adjust for
   • "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   • synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make 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"
   • synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair
3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
   • "he is compensating for being a bad father"
   • synonyms: cover, overcompensate
4. make reparations or amends for
   • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   • synonyms: correct, redress, right
   • antonym: wrong
5. do or give something to somebody in return
   • "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
   • synonyms: make up, pay, pay off
6. make payment to; compensate
   • "My efforts were not remunerated"
   • synonyms: recompense, remunerate