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Meaning of compensate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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