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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See {Compendium}.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, verb (used without an object) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compensate
verb
1: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: {counterbalance}, {correct}, {even out}, {even off}, {even up}]
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" [syn: {recompense}, {repair}, {indemnify}]
3: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father" [syn: {cover}, {overcompensate}]
4: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {redress}, {correct}] [ant: {wrong}]
5: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay}, {pay off}, {make up}]
6: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" [syn: {recompense}, {remunerate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "compensate": abrogate, accommodate, adjust, alternate, amend, annul, atone, atone for, balance, bandy, be quits with, better, cancel, change, commute, cooperate, coordinate, correct, counteract, counterbalance, counterchange, counterpoise, countervail, cover, do penance, emend, equalize, equate, even, even up, exchange, expiate, fee, fill up, fit, fix up, get back at, get even with, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, guerdon, improve, indemnify, integrate, interchange, invalidate, level, live down, logroll, make all square, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up, make up for, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, offset, outweigh, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, permute, poise, prepay, propitiate, proportion, put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, reciprocate, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refund, reimburse, remedy, remit, remunerate, render, repair, repay, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, reward, right, salary, satisfy, set off, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, square, square it, square things, strike a balance, swap, switch, tender, trade, transpose
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