compensate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

v. do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

recompense, pay for, indemnify, make compensations for

v. 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"

redress, right, correct, compensate

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

repay, requite

v. make repayment for or return something

reimburse

v. pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

reward, repay, pay back, requit

v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

grant, award

v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

repent, atone, do penitence

v. turn away from sin or do penitence

balance, equilibrate, equilibrize

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

counterbalance, neutralize, counteract, countervail

v. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

recompense, compensate, remunerate

v. make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

repay, requite

v. make repayment for or return something

offset, countervail

v. compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

offset, cancel, set off

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

adjust, adapt, get accustomed

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

strike, excise, expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

remedy, rectify, amend, set right

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

reform, make reforms in, change for the better

v. reform a political system, for example

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

reward, repay, pay back, requit

v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

reimburse

v. pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

recoup, reimburse

v. reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

counterbalance, even out, even up, even off, compensate for

v. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

wrong, treat unjustly

v. treat unjustly; do wrong to

overturn, revolutionize, change radically

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

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