compensate

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1) To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
 * 2) To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
 * It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
 * 1)  To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
 * His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
 * To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
 * , Preface
 * The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
 * 1) To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
 * I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
 * To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
 * To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:compensate
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:reimburse
 * See Thesaurus:atone or Thesaurus:offset
 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:accustom


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Translations

 * Faroese: bøta aftur, gera gott aftur
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: compensō
 * Polish:, skompensować, , , ,
 * Russian:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Faroese: viga upp ímóti
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: compensō
 * Russian:, ,


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: eine Kompensation zahlen, ,
 * Hebrew: לתגמל
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: tueor
 * Norwegian: kompensere
 * Polish:, zrekompensować
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìol
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Turkish: zararını karşılamak, hakkını vermek


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: viga upp ímóti, útjavna
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Hebrew: לפצות
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: compensō
 * Norwegian: kompensere
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìol
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Turkish:


 * German:, etwas dagegensetzen
 * Hungarian:, utánaszabályoz