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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|};
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(1) - { compensatory education } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "compensatory education"
1: educational programs intended to make up for experiences (such as cultural experiences) lacked by disadvantaged children
Origin: 1965 ;
(1) - { compensatory damages } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "compensatory damages"
1: money awarded to a victim to make up for an injury, damage, etc.
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(2) - { compensate } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[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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(1) - { compensate (for) } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[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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# 1 - { Compensatory:12280136 }
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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"
# 2 - { Compensatory masculinity:17179209 }
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[ "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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