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    [Verb]  | "com*pen*sate" | \ ˈkäm-pən-ˌsāt \


    1: to be equivalent to : counterbalance

    2: to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to

    3: to provide with means of counteracting variation


    Origin: 1646 ;

     Borrowed from Latin compensātus, past participle of compensāre "to balance, make good, counterbalance, make up for," from com- {see: |com-|com-} + pensāre "to weigh, weigh out, treat as a setoff (against a debt), exchange, counterbalance," iterative of pendere "to weigh, have a weight of, pay (out), estimate, consider" {mat|pendent|};

    [Noun]  | "compensatory education" 


    1: educational programs intended to make up for experiences (such as cultural experiences) lacked by disadvantaged children


    Origin: 1965 ;

    [Noun]  | "compensatory damages" 


    1: money awarded to a victim to make up for an injury, damage, etc.

    [Verb]  | "compensate" 


    1: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree "



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    2: to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received;


      * e.g., " ... compensate them well for their efforts "



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    [Verb]  | "compensate (for)" 


    1: to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective;


      * e.g., " ... a mafioso thinking that he can compensate for the evil he's done by giving to charity "



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     [ "Compensatory" ]

    1: A word Heather uses to act smarter than everyone else

      * e.g.,  ... "Don't tell anyone but I don't even know what compensatory means" 

     [ "Compensatory masculinity" ]

    1: When there’s not enough dick in your pants so you make it your personality

      * e.g.,  ... *engine revs* 

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