compensate

verb

1. 1

   make payment to; compensate

   My efforts were not remunerated

2. 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

3. 3

   do or give something to somebody in return

   Does she pay you for the work you are doing?

4. 4

   make reparations or amends for

   right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

5. 5

   adjust for

   engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance

6. 6

   make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

   he is compensating for being a bad father