compensatory

adj
/kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/UK/kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.

  1. borrowed from compensatoire

Definitions

  1. Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury

  2. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something

  3. That compensates for a deleterious mutation

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for compensatory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA