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Yes, compensate is playable

...and is worth 20 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Compensate" Definition

verb-transitive

To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse: Management compensated us for the time we worked.
To offset; counterbalance.
To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.

verb-intransitive

To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.

verb

To be equivalent to .
To make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to .
To provide with means of counteracting variation.
To neutralize the effect of (variations).
To supply an equivalent .

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