compensate

verb

1. adjust for"engineers will work to correct the effects of air resistance"
2. make amends for; pay compensation for"One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"
3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities"he is compensating for being a bad father"
4. make reparations or amends for"right a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust"
5. do or give something to somebody in return"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
6. make payment to; compensate"My efforts were not remunerated"