COMPENSATE

verb (-sated; -sating) Etymology: Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare, frequentative of compendere Date: 1646 transitive verb to be equivalent to ; counterbalance , to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to , 3. to provide with means of counteracting variation, to neutralize the effect of (variations), intransitive verb to supply an equivalent, to offset an error, defect, or undesired effect , to undergo or engage in psychological or physiological compensation, see: pay compensative adjective compensator noun compensatory adjective