What is "compensates"

Usage examples of "compensates".

If a married woman about to become a mother falls or rolls down the stairs, when climbing to her home in the seventh heaven of Block-land, if she sustains long injuries, who compensates her?

If the child is born a monstrosity, though not an idiot, who compensates for that?

There is a spell in any flying device that compensates for sudden, sharp motion.

It is beyond the human brain to understand the world and its environment, so the brain compensates by creating simplified illusions that act as a replacement for understanding.

Maybe this additional travel time compensates for the slowness of her clock.