English Explanatory Dictionary

compensatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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

Pronunciation

/kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/ /kɒmˈpɛnsətəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compensatory.wav /kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/

Word forms

compensatory

Etymology

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

Derived words

compensatorily compensatory lengthening compensatory time decompensatory hypercompensatory noncompensatory overcompensatory pseudocompensatory undercompensatory
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