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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of compensare, from compendere; COMPENDIUM |
1 [intransitive] to replace or balance the effect of something bad : 
Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.
Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.2 [transitive]BF to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage : the government's promise to compensate victims of the flood
the government's promise to compensate victims of the flood