1. (verb) cover, compensate, overcompensate
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Synonyms: brood, get over, embrace, right, plow, wrap up, enshroud, pay, make up, compensate, breed, recompense, encompass, overlay, continue, remunerate, even out, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, repair, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, correct, counterbalance, underwrite, overcompensate, even up, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, even off, comprehend, handle, over-correct, cover, cross, redress, get across, pay off, cover up, insure, indemnify
2. (verb) over-correct, overcompensate
make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
Synonyms: cover, overcompensate, compensate, over-correct
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