Compensate

1. verb

   adjust for

   “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”

   Similar: counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up

2. verb

   make amends for; pay compensation for

   “One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”

   Similar: recompense, repair, indemnify

3. verb

   make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

   “he is compensating for being a bad father”

   Similar: cover, overcompensate