compensated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb adjust for
    even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
    • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  2. verb make amends for; pay compensation for
    repair; compensate; indemnify; recompense.
    • 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
  3. verb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
    overcompensate; compensate; cover.
    • he is compensating for being a bad father
  4. verb make reparations or amends for
    compensate; right; redress; correct.
    • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
  5. verb do or give something to somebody in return
    pay; compensate; make up; pay off.
    • Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
  6. verb make payment to; compensate
    compensate; recompense; remunerate.
    • My efforts were not remunerated
  7. adjective satellite receiving or eligible for compensation
    salaried; remunerated; stipendiary.
    • salaried workers
    • a stipendiary magistrate

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