Compensatory

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  • adj. That compensates, or serves as compensation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Serving for compensation; making amends.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; requiting.
    • Word Usage
    "Rosette says that when successful organizations are led by black managers, the strong performance is attributed to broad market factors over which the leader had no control, or to what she calls "compensatory stereotypes," such as humor or public-speaking skills, which would make up for any lack in competence."
    Cross Reference
    compensatory damages   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    paying    compensative    reparative    amendatory    indemnificatory   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    phonatory    proprioceptive    associational    rent-paying    adaptive    tonsillar    corrective    supplementary    free-radical    approval-seeking   
     
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