Compensating

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of compensate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Adjusting so as to neutralize or balance differences; producing compensation; characterized by compensation; compensatory.
  • Word Usage
    "In the early years of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and even one author's experience under the CISP program, the term compensating control was used to describe everything from a legitimate work-around for a security challenge to a shortcut to compliance."
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    makeup    even up    counterbalance    correct    even out    even off    settle   
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