compensative

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The most exquisite, the most unforeseen, the most compensative feature of my life has been, my personal friendship with the professors.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

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

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

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 in all newly-settled countries, as among the rustic population of most nations, that the absence of the compensative resources of wealth leads to a singular and unreserved freedom among the people.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore