v. 25B6; verb
you must compensate for what you did : MAKE AMENDS, make up, make reparation, recompense, atone, requite, pay; expiate, make good, rectify.
we agreed to compensate him for his loss : RECOMPENSE, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate, recoup, requite, indemnify.
his flair compensated for his faults : BALANCE (OUT), counterbalance, counteract, offset, make up for, cancel out, neutralize, negative.