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

But there is a compensatory antidote: trade in the caffeine for cannabis.

Criminalize Coffee, Not Cannabis |Robert Rosenthal |December 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Behind the impersonality of money lies an intensely personal, often compensatory compulsion.

The Brotherhood of Money |Daphne Merkin |January 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Abstraction proves to be synthesis with compensatory universal marks in the place of the particular marks abstracted from.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
As a matter of fact, most sclerotic processes are so chronic as to be compensatory in their action for many other degenerations.

Psychotherapy |James J. Walsh

Mr. McKenna shook the machine when he inserted the next nickel, but there was no compensatory flow of coins from the door.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen |Finley Peter Dunne
The result was not what he had once anticipated; but for him it was not without some compensatory circumstances.

Sybil |Benjamin Disraeli
Practically all of this compensatory power is mental, hence its place in psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy |James J. Walsh

compensatory

[ kəm-pĕn′sə-tôr′ē ]

Relating to or characterized by compensation.