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.
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