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compensating
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compensating
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refunding |
| Synonyms: | adjusting, atoning, balanced, balancing, compensatory, reimbursing, repaying, settling |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset, make up for |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, atone for, balance, better, cancel out, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fix, improve, invalidate, make amends, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, outweigh, redress, repair, set off |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprive, penalize |
| Main Entry: | redeeming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offsetting |
| Synonyms: | compensating, compensatory, extenuating, extenuatory, qualifying, redemptive, saving |
| Main Entry: | saving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | redeeming |
| Synonyms: | compensating, preserving, reparatory, rescuing, retaining |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, make agree, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal; cause to have equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, come out even, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, make up for, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, pair off, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, overbalance, unbalance |
| Main Entry: | counterbalance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset an action |
| Synonyms: | amend, atone for, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, equalize, make up for, outweigh, rectify, redeem, set off |
| Main Entry: | expiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends for |
| Synonyms: | absolve, amend, appease, atone, atone for, compensate, correct, do penance, excuse, forgive, pay one's dues, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, square things |
| Main Entry: | nullify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel, revoke |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, ax, blue pencil, bring to naught, call all bets off, compensate, confine, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, disannul, forget it, invalidate, kill*, limit, negate, neutralize, nig, offset, quash, render null and void, renege, renig, repeal, rescind, restrict, scratch*, scrub, squash, stamp out, take out*, torpedo, trash*, undo, veto, vitiate, void, wash out, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | affirm, pass, sanctify, validate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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