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[ kuhm-pen-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR compensatory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveserving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury. countercyclical. Also com·pen·sa·tive [kom-puhn-sey-tiv, kuhm-pen-suh-]. /ˈkɒm pənˌseɪ tɪv, kəmˈpɛn sə-/. Origin of compensatoryFirst recorded in 1595–1605; compensate + -ory1 OTHER WORDS FROM compensatorynon·com·pen·sa·tive, adjectivenon·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjectivere·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjectivesub·com·pen·sa·tive, adjective sub·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjectiveun·com·pen·sa·tive, adjectiveun·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjective Words nearby compensatorycompensation, compensation culture, compensation neurosis, compensation order, compensation point, compensatory, compensatory circulation, compensatory damages, compensatory finance, compensatory hypertrophy, compensatory lengthening Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for compensatoryBut there is a compensatory antidote: trade in the caffeine for cannabis. Criminalize Coffee, Not Cannabis|Robert Rosenthal|December 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST Behind the impersonality of money lies an intensely personal, often compensatory compulsion. The Brotherhood of Money|Daphne Merkin|January 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST Abstraction proves to be synthesis with compensatory universal marks in the place of the particular marks abstracted from. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various As a matter of fact, most sclerotic processes are so chronic as to be compensatory in their action for many other degenerations. Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
Mr. McKenna shook the machine when he inserted the next nickel, but there was no compensatory flow of coins from the door. Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen|Finley Peter Dunne The result was not what he had once anticipated; but for him it was not without some compensatory circumstances. Practically all of this compensatory power is mental, hence its place in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
Words related to compensatoryredeeming, remunerative, offsetting Medical definitions for compensatory
adj.Relating to or characterized by compensation. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |