compensative
Example Sentences
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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 Ainsworth, Percy C.
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 Clarke, James Freeman
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
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
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 Ainsworth, Percy C.
