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View definitions for compensative

compensative

adjective as in compensatory

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Example Sentences

It is idle to talk of education and civilization and the like as corrective or compensative agencies.

Apollo concedes that man desponds when debarred of illusion: “suppose he has in himself some compensative law?”

That moment, in spite of all his fears, was amply compensative to Guernache for all his troubles.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to compensative, such as: offsetting, redeeming, and remunerative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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