Compensative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compensative \Com*pen"sa*tive\, a. [LL. compensativus.]
     Affording compensation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Compensative \Com*pen"sa*tive\, n.
     Compensation. [R.] --Lamb.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compensative
       adj : compensating for [syn: {countervailing}, {offsetting}, {compensatory}]