compensatory

[ kuh m-pen-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.

Also com·pen·sa·tive

[kom-puh n-sey-tiv, kuh m-pen-suh-] /ˈkɒm pənˌseɪ tɪv, kəmˈpɛn sə-/.

Origin of compensatory

First recorded in 1595–1605; compensate + -ory¹

non·com·pen·sa·tive, adjective non·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjective re·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjective sub·com·pen·sa·tive, adjective

sub·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjective un·com·pen·sa·tive, adjective un·com·pen·sa·to·ry, adjective

It is idle to talk of education and civilization and the like as corrective or compensative agencies.

Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2 |John Wilson Townsend
Apollo concedes that man desponds when debarred of illusion: “suppose he has in himself some compensative law?”

The Browning Cyclopdia |Edward Berdoe

compensatory

[ kəm-pĕn′sə-tôr′ē ]

Relating to or characterized by compensation.