What is another word for compound for?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒmpa͡ʊnd fɔː] (IPA)

Compound for means to make up for, to atone for, or to recompense for something. There are various words that can be used as synonyms for compound for, including reimburse, compensate, indemnify, repay, remunerate, redress, and make amends. Each of these words implies some form of repayment or rectification for a mistake, wrong, or loss. To reimburse or compensate for something, means to pay back or make restitution for something that has been lost or taken. Indemnify implies protection against future harm or loss. Repay means to give back money or something of value that has been borrowed or taken. Remuneration refers to payment or compensation for services rendered, while to redress means to rectify or make right a mistake, wrong or deficiency. To make amends, means to do something to compensate for a previous wrongdoing. All these words can be used as synonyms for compound for.

Famous quotes with Compound for

  • In 1970, I had begun work on the basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor which has later become the model compound for the development of protein NMR, molecular dynamics, and experimental folding studies in other laboratories.
    Robert Huber
  • There is a rabble among the gentry as well as the commonalty; a sort of plebeian heads whose fancy moves with the same wheel as these men?in the same level with mechanics, though their fortunes do sometimes gild their infirmities and their purses compound for their follies.
    Sir Thomas Browne

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