Compensate
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

PAY
Dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"

FIX
A determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target"

4 letters

SAVE
Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

MEND
The act of putting something in working order again

MEET
A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

KEEP
A cell in a jail or prison

GIVE
Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"

QUIT
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

MAKE
The act of mixing cards haphazardly

POST
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)

COMP
An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature"

5 letters

ADUST
Burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott

REPAV

PAYUP
Cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"

ANNUL
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

EQUAL
A person who is of equal standing with another in a group

AWARD
A grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

GRANT
The act of providing a subsidy

REPAY
Pay back; "Please refund me my money"

ATONE
Turn away from sin or do penitence

RIGHT
Toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"

COVER
The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

6 letters

PAYOFF
Do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

REPAIR
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

MAKEUP
The way in which someone or something is composed

EVENUP
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

RECOUP
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

OFFSET
Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

ANTEUP
Cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"

ACQUIT
Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

ANSWER
A nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

CHANGE
The action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

RETURN
The act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

BETTER
The superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"

REWARD
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior

SETTLE
Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

HOLDTO

REDEEM
Convert into cash; of commercial papers

NEGATE
Prove negative; show to be false

PACIFY
Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"

REFUND
The act of returning money received previously

ACCORD
Sympathetic compatibility

CANCEL
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

SQUARE
Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"

FORKUP
To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

DEFRAY
Bear the expenses of

PONYUP
Give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"

ADJUST
Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

ATTUNE
Adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with

INSURE
Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

SETOFF
Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

7 letters

APPEASE
Make peace with

DISHOUT
Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

REPLACE
Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

PAYBACK
Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

RECOVER
Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

BALANCE
A wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

ABSOLVE
Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

COMPOSE
Make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"

PATCHUP
Mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"

COUGHUP
Give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"

GUERDON
A reward or payment

PLANKUP

REQUITE
Make repayment for or return something

RESPOND
React verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

RESTORE
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

IMPROVE
Get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

NULLIFY
Show to be invalid

SATISFY
Meet the requirements or expectations of

PERFORM
Get (something) done; "I did my job"

ABIDEBY
Show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

RELIEVE
Relieve oneself of troubling information

FULFILL
Put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

EXPIATE
Make amends for; "expiate one's sins"

REVENGE
Action taken in return for an injury or offense

EVENOFF
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

EVENOUT
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

CORRECT
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

REDRESS
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

8 letters

DOMINATE
Look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

NEGATIVE
A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

ADHERETO

TAKEOVER
A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

ABROGATE
Revoke formally

PLANKOUT

OUTWEIGH
Be heavier than

IMMOLATE
Offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims"; "immolate the valuables at the temple"

ATONEFOR

GIVEBACK
Pay back; "Please refund me my money"

CARRYOUT
Put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

MAKEGOOD
Act as promised; "make good on promises"

SHELLOUT
Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

9 letters

APOLOGIZE
Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"

RETALIATE
Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

DOPENANCE

RECONCILE
Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

MAKEPEACE
End hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace"

VOUCHSAFE
Grant in a condescending manner

GIVEMONEY

CANCELOUT
Wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"