compensate

/ˈkɒmpənseɪt/ verb

Translation

MONEY [T] › to pay someone money because you are responsible for injuring them or damaging something

tazmin etmek, zararını karşılamak, tazminat ödemek, telafi etmek

Victims of the crash will be compensated for their injuries.1420783

MAKE BETTER [I, T] › to reduce the bad effect of something, or make something bad become something good

acısını telafi etmek, azaltmak

Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood.1840

(Definition of compensate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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