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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.
Pronunciation
Adjective
compensatory (not comparable)
- (of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
- Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
- (genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation
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