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And he seems quite aware and compensative of this phenomenon.

Mind on Fire Reading Group (the Meatspace* Version). | Mind on Fire 2006

The greater the infringement, the greater will be the need for this compensative defense.

Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

In this great function the liver is an organ correlative or compensative to the lungs, whose office is similar.

Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

There is a favorite compensative theory that man is miraculously self-adaptive to all circumstances, and that deprived of modern comforts and luxuries he would only become more vigorous and independent -- that in fact he was on the whole considerably happier under a feudal baron than he has been since.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

The compensative interpretation of joy and sorrow may bring an answer of peace to a man's soul, or it may not.

The Threshold Grace Percy C. Ainsworth

M. César promised a compensative proportion of all three qualities, could I only "draw him out"; and besides, he was not like M.. Canning's "Knife-Grinder," -- for, evidently, he _had_ a story to tell.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

It is almost impossible to recall the joys and sorrows of life without having some thought of their compensative relation.

The Threshold Grace Percy C. Ainsworth

It is one of the few compensative gifts nature has made to my unlucky race, the rare gift of song, and I had a good voice, a deep resonant baritone, and happily for my credit the chance selection my young mistress made was well adapted to its scope, and with fair success I sang, my deep bass harmonizing well with the flute-like sweetness of her soprano.

The Story of a Slave. A Realistic Revelation of a Social Relation of Slave Times--Hitherto Unwritten--From the Pen of One Who Has Felt Both the Lash and the Caress of a Mistress No Author 1894

Also in “Proverbial Philosophy,” especially as to the “Future of Animals,” and their too shameful treatment in this world, one good reason for a compensative existence.

My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886

I do not say that they are provided against by any strictly compensative arrangements, though I shall bring forward and specify things which others may take as compensatory, in respect to law and justice, if they choose.

The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. 1802-1876 1871