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making up (for)

verb , present participle of make up (for)

Synonyms and Antonyms of making up (for)

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective

the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday

Synonyms of making up (for)

annulling, canceling (out) (or cancelling (out)), compensating (for), correcting, counteracting, counterbalancing, counterpoising, negativing, neutralizing, offsetting

Words Related to making up (for)

invalidating, negating, neutering, nullifying

outbalancing, outweighing, redeeming

redressing, relieving, remedying

overriding, overruling

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