Synonyms of making up (for)

making up (for)

verb

present participle of make up (for)

as in offsetting

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective

the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offsetting
• compensating (for)
• cancelling (out)
• correcting
• canceling (out)
• neutralizing
• outweighing
• counteracting
• counterpoising
• counterbalancing
• relieving
• atoning (for)
• annulling
• remedying
• invalidating
• negativing
• nullifying
• redeeming
• negating
• neutering
• overruling
• outbalancing
• redressing
• overriding