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compensatory

compensatory

13 6.7
Something that helps make up for a loss or harm
  • adjective
  • /kəmˈpɛn.səˌtɔːr.i/
: compensatorio
  • The court ordered the school district to provide a significant amount of compensatory services to the child.
  • compensatory mitigation
  • compensatory consumption
  • compensatory education

And this is connected to karmic law because there's a compensatory factor in karmic law.

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Examples

  • After the flood, the government provided compensatory assistance to help affected families rebuild their homes.

  • So any sort of a compensatory scheme such as this would have to set boundaries, would have to set limits.

  • The school district was ordered to provide private tutoring services to the child as compensatory education services.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Another example is to provide stipends or compensatory time off for teachers to meet with parents after school hours.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The double-jeopardy hypothesis suggests that a compensatory factor arises in reaction to discrimination.

    Academic text (1991)
  • On-site mitigation, a type of compensatory mitigation, typically follows the destruction of wetlands through development.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The judge awarded her $100,000 in compensatory damages for the injuries she sustained in the accident.

  • The company offered compensatory benefits to employees who lost wages during the temporary shutdown.

Synonyms

reparative
vscompensatory
2 6.9

Providing help or payment to make up for a wrong

is broader covering general losses or disadvantages rather than only moral wrongs
reparatory
vscompensatory
1 7.8

Aims to give money or help to people who were harmed

is broader covering general losses or disadvantages rather than only wrongs

Compounds

compensatory damages
  • Specialized
6 6.3

Money paid to someone for a real loss or injury caused by another

compensatory time
  • Specialized
1 4.9

Employees get paid time off instead of extra pay for working overtime

compensatory spending
  • Specialized
7.7

Spending the government borrows to help the economy during a slowdown

How Restorative

restitutive
1 8.6
restorative
2 6.3
compensatory
13 6.7
partial
212 3.4

Surface Forms

compensatory positive

Morphology

compensatory = compensate (transparent) = compensate + atory

Formed from the verb 'compensate' with the adjective-forming suffix '-atory', meaning 'serving to compensate', which is directly predictable.

Etymology

Compensatory comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and pensare 'to weigh', the same root you find in words like pension and expense that are about payment. So something compensatory is given to 'make up' for a loss, damage, or disadvantage.