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adj
Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
That compensates for a deleterious mutation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
