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Compensate

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

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Verb group 6

Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Underwrite 84% connected

To write under something else; to subscribe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Underwrite 84% connected

To write under something else; to subscribe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 9

Aby 76% connected

Alt. of Abye

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Abye 76% connected

To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Atone 76% connected

To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expiate 76% connected

To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recoup 76% connected

Alt. of Recoupe

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Reimburse 76% connected

To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Equilibrate 76% connected

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Derivationally related 4

Compensation 74% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Compensation 74% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recompense 74% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recompense 74% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

See also 2

Right 66% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 66% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Synonym 10

Correct 92% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Counterbalance 92% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Indemnify 92% connected

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pay 92% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recompense 92% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Redress 92% connected

To dress again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remunerate 92% connected

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Repair 92% connected

To return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Right 92% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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