compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify -- (make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident")
cover, compensate, overcompensate -- (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father")
right, compensate, redress, correct -- (make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust")
pay, pay off, make up, compensate -- (do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?")
compensate, recompense, remunerate -- (make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated")