Compensate

kom′pen-sāt, or kom-pen′sāt, v.t. to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.— n. Compensā′tion , act of compensating: reward for service: amends for lo sustained: ( phys. ) the neutralisation of opposing forces.— adjs. Compen′sative , Compen′satory , giving compensation.— n. Com′pensātor , one who or that which compensates.— Compensation balance , pendulum , a balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature. [L. com , inten., and pensāre , freq. of pendĕre , to weigh.]