mindmap root((弥补)) compensate implies making up a lack or making amends for loss or injury: ~ed for an injury on the job. countervail suggests counteracting a bad or harmful influence or overcoming the damage suffered through it: a compassionate heart ~ed his short temper. balance implies the equalizing or adjusting of two or more things that are contrary or opposed so that no one outweighs the other in effect: in sentencing prisoners, the judge ~ed justice and mercy. offset implies neutralizing one thing’s good or evil effect by the contrary effect of another: overeating will ~ the benefits of exercise.