compensative

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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

The compensative interpretation of joy and sorrow may bring an answer of peace to a man's soul, or it may not.

From The Threshold Grace by Ainsworth, Percy C.

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

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

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.