COMPENSATING

Adjust for

Example: "Engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance"

• correct  11
• counterbalance  20
• even off
• even out
• even up

• balance  11
• equilibrate  22
• equilibrise
• equilibrize

• carry  10
• compensate  16
• cover  10
• overcompensate  23

Make amends for; pay compensation for

Example: "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the jews in the third reich"

• indemnify  18
• recompense  16
• repair  8

• pay  8

• give  8

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

Example: "He is compensating for being a bad father"

• cover  10
• overcompensate  23

Make reparations or amends for

Example: "Right a wrong done to the victims of the holocaust"

• correct  11
• redress  8
• right  9

• alter  5
• change  12
• modify  15

• over-correct
• overcompensate  23
• aby  8
• abye  9
• • atone  5
  • expiate  16
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Do or give something to somebody in return

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

• pay  8
• pay off

Make payment to; compensate

Example: "My efforts were not remunerated"

• recompense  16
• remunerate  12

• pay  8

• recoup  10
• reimburse  13