compensate
     v 1: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the
          effects or air resistance" [syn: {counterbalance}, {correct},
           {even out}, {even off}, {even up}]
     2: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
        repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
        Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in
        the accident" [syn: {recompense}, {repair}, {indemnify}]
     3: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by
        exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being
        a bad father" [syn: {cover}, {overcompensate}]
     4: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
        victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {redress}, {correct}]
        [ant: {wrong}]
     5: do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay
        you for the work you are doing?" [syn: {pay}, {pay off}, {make
        up}]
     6: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
        remunerated" [syn: {recompense}, {remunerate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0