Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upadjust for“engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance”
(v)compensate, recompense, repair, indemnifymake 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”
(v)cover, compensate, overcompensatemake up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities“he is compensating for being a bad father”
(v)right, compensate, redress, correctmake reparations or amends for“right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust”
(v)pay, pay off, make up, compensatedo or give something to somebody in return“Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”