Compensate
Compensate (? o?; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. from compendere. See Compendium.]
1.
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
2.
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
Compensate , intransitive verb
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.