compensate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
compensate/ˈkɒmpenseɪt/

▶verb

• 1 give (someone) something in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred.

• 2 (compensate for) reduce or counteract (something undesirable) by exerting an opposite force or effect.

– derivatives
compensative adjective,
compensator noun,
compensatory adjective.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as compensation): from L. compensat-, compensare ‘weigh against’.