v. t.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.
v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by
adj. receiving or eligible for compensation.
n. [ L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts. ]
The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Compensation balance,
Compensated balance
Compensation pendulum.
a. [ LL. compensativus. ] Affording compensation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Compensation. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]