Thesaurus:offset
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction
Synonyms
- compensate for
- counterbalance (figurative)
- countervail
- equivalence
- offlay (rare)
- offset
- offstand
- set off (idiomatic)
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Further reading
- “30. compensation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “offset” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.