compensative

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M. César promised a compensative proportion of all three qualities, could I only "draw him out"; and besides, he was not like Mr. Canning's "Knife-Grinder,"—for, evidently, he had a story to tell.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 by Various

It is in all newly-settled countries, as among the rustic population of most nations, that the absence of the compensative resources of wealth leads to a singular and unreserved freedom among the people.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore

It is idle to talk of education and civilization and the like as corrective or compensative agencies.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

The most exquisite, the most unforeseen, the most compensative feature of my life has been, my personal friendship with the professors.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

If sin came by thee, And by sin, death,—the ransom-righteousness, The heavenly life and compensative rest Shall come by means of thee.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett