compensate in WordNet English dictionary

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