Compensate for or counterbalance.

synonym: offset.

Roget 28: be unequal etc. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch etc. 33; not come up to etc. 34.    ... show more

Roget 468: countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut etc. (refute) 479; subvert etc. (destroy) 162; cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict etc. (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.    audire alteram partem [Lat.].    ... show more

Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.

synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize.

Roget 30: make compensation; compensate, compense^†; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance^†, overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize etc. 27; make good; redeem etc. (atone) 952.    ... show more

Dutch: neutraliseren, opvangen