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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offsetting |
| Synonyms: | compensating, compensatory, extenuating, extenuatory, qualifying, redemptive, saving |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; buy the freedom of |
| Synonyms: | deliver, disenthrall, disimprison, emancipate, extricate, liberate, loose, manumit, pay ransom, ransom, release, rescue, save, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter |
| Antonyms: | abandon, forfeit |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | atone for; compensate |
| Synonyms: | abide by, absolve, acquit, adhere to, balance, carry out, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, defray, discharge, fulfill, hold to, keep, keep the faith, make amends, make good, make up for, meet, offset, outweigh, perform, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, restore, satisfy, save, set off |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | saving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frugal |
| Synonyms: | careful, chary, conservative, economical, preservative, preserving, provident, prudent, redeeming, redemptory, sparing, thrifty |
| Antonyms: | wasting |
| Main Entry: | compensative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compensatory |
| Synonyms: | offsetting, redeeming, remunerative |
| Main Entry: | compensatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compensative |
| Synonyms: | offsetting, redeeming, remunerative |
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| 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: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purchase |
| Synonyms: | acquire, bargain for, barter for, contract for, get, get in exchange, go shopping, invest in, market, obtain, pay for, procure, purchase, redeem, score, secure, shop for, sign for, take |
| Antonyms: | market, sell |
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