compensative
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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
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
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
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
The compensative interpretation of joy and sorrow may bring an answer of peace to a man's soul, or it may not.
From The Threshold Grace by Percy C. Ainsworth
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