What is the meaning of compensate?

verb

• Adjust for.
  • usage: "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
  • synonyms: counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
• Make amends for; pay compensation for.
  • usage: "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
  • synonyms: recompense, repair, indemnify
• Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.
  • usage: "he is compensating for being a bad father"
  • synonyms: cover, overcompensate
• Make reparations or amends for.
  • usage: "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
  • synonyms: right, redress, correct
• Do or give something to somebody in return.
  • usage: "Does she pay you for the work you are doing"
  • synonyms: pay, pay off, make up
• Make payment to; compensate.
  • usage: "My efforts were not remunerated"
  • synonyms: recompense, remunerate