- a variation of compensatory.
compensative
Example Sentences
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Still, it will be seen to be a part of this more mitigated view, that Christ suffers evil as evil; which evil suffered is accepted as a compensative expression of God's indignation against sin.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
It is almost impossible to recall the joys and sorrows of life without having some thought of their compensative relation.
From The Threshold Grace by Percy C. Ainsworth
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 James Langdon Hill
She was only sorry that Mr. Linden had to go to his letter; but there was a compensative side to that, for her shyness was somewhat less endangered.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
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 William Benjamin Smith
