to compensate, to make up for
Tu crois que c'est pour compenser autre chose ?
Do you think it's to compensate for something else?
On doit compenser les pertes d'une manière ou d'une autre.
We have to make up for the losses one way or another.
Vous devez compenser la perte.
You must compensate for the loss.
C'était sa façon de compenser la perte de ces pauvres gens.
It was his way of making up for the loss of those poor people.
— L'Accusé (2017)
Nous devrions compenser nos pertes.
We should compensate for our losses.
Ou je devrai en boucher six pour compenser tes quatre.
Or I'll have to plug six to make up for your four.
— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)
Nous devons compenser la perte.
We must compensate for the loss.
Je ferai tout pour compenser ce qui est arrivé.
I will do everything to make up for what happened.