v.
  - give (someone) something in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred.
 - 
(compensate for)
 reduce or counteract (something undesirable) by exerting an opposite force or effect.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - compensative adj.
  - compensator n.
  - compensatory adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  C17 (earlier (ME) as compensation): from L. compensat-, compensare ‘weigh against’.