Definitions from Wiktionary (compensate)

▸ verb:  To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
▸ verb:  To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
▸ verb:  To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
▸ Also see compensate

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