compensatory

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory.

adj

  1. (of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
  2. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
  3. (genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation

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