compensate
Verbs
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(v) adjust for
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
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(v) 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
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(v) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- he is compensating for being a bad father
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(v) make reparations or amends for
- right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
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(v) do or give something to somebody in return
- Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
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(v) make payment to; compensate
- My efforts were not remunerated