compensatory

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 2.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

countervailing counteractive offsetting compensation compensable reparation reimbursable indemnification indemnity substitute

Often followed by

damages education mechanisms and mechanism hypertrophy increase financing strategies

Word family

compensate compensated compensates compensating compensation compensations