compensatory meaning: definition, etymology

compensatory

adj

UK /kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/ · US /kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/

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

Of a payment Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury

Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences That compensates for a deleterious mutation

Derived terms: compensatorily, compensatory lengthening, compensatory time, decompensatory, hypercompensatory, noncompensatory, overcompensatory, pseudocompensatory, undercompensatory