compensative

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M. César promised a compensative proportion of all three qualities, could I only "draw him out"; and besides, he was not like Mr. Canning's "Knife-Grinder,"—for, evidently, he had a story to tell.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 by Various

She was only sorry that Mr. Linden had to go to his letter; but there was a compensative side to that, for her shyness was somewhat less endangered.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

It is almost impossible to recall the joys and sorrows of life without having some thought of their compensative relation.

From The Threshold Grace by Ainsworth, Percy C.

Still, it will be seen to be a part of this more mitigated view, that Christ suffers evil as evil; which evil suffered is accepted as a compensative expression of God's indignation against sin.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

If sin came by thee, And by sin, death,—the ransom-righteousness, The heavenly life and compensative rest Shall come by means of thee.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett