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compensate
verb as in make restitution
verb as in offset, make up for
Example Sentences
Democrats may instead be looking for someone who simply has the Sauce—a sort of inverse Trump who can win and hold voters’ attention in a Fragmented Media Landscape™️, whose perceived authenticity and realness will more than compensate for a “polarizing” personality and past or present espousal of positions that don’t necessarily match up with those of the median voter.
And, he suggested, a pardon would not be enough to compensate him and others for the time they spent behind bars.
The post-pandemic increase in wages in no way can compensate for the last opportunity cost of a generation of flat or real wage loss that was replaced by predatory consumer credit and student loans.
“So doing the second series will help compensate me for the success of the first one too.”
The government has confirmed it has set aside £11.8bn to compensate victims of the infected blood scandal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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