[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offset \offset"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. offset; p. pr.  vb. n.
   offsetting.
   1. to set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to
      offset one account or charge against another.
      1913 webster

   2. to form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
offset offsetting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offsetting \off`set"ting\ adj.
   compensating for.

   syn: countervailing, compensatory, compensative.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

offsetting
     adj : compensating for syn: countervailing, compensatory, compensative
see also:
countervailing compensatory compensative 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

offset
     n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
          an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was
          the man for her" syn: beginning, commencement, first,
           outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
           showtime ant: middle, end
     2: a compensating equivalent syn: counterbalance
     3: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new
        plants from buds at its tips syn: stolon, runner
     4: a natural consequence of development syn: outgrowth, branch,
         offshoot
     5: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed
        cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper syn: offset
        printing
     6: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly syn: set-back,
         setoff
     v 1: compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and
          withdrawals" syn: countervail
     2: make up for; "his skills offset his opponent's superior
        strength" syn: cancel, set off
     3: cause printed matter to transfer or smear onto another
        surface
     4: create an offset in; "offset a wall"
     5: produce by offset printing; "offset the conference
        proceedings"
     also: offsetting
see also:
beginning commencement first outset get-go start 
kickoff starting time showtime middle end 
counterbalance stolon runner outgrowth branch 
offshoot offset printing set-back setoff countervail 
cancel set off offsetting 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

offsetting
     see offset
see also:
offset 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 moby thesaurus words for "offsetting":
   amendatory, amends, annulling, annulment, antacid, atonement,
   balancing, buffering, canceling, cancellation, commutation,
   compensating, compensation, compensatory, counteracting,
   counteraction, counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing,
   expiation, expiatory, frustration, indemnification,
   indemnificatory, indemnity, invalidation, lex talionis, negating,
   neutralization, neutralizing, nullification, nullifying,
   penitential, recompense, recompensive, rectification, rectifying,
   redress, reparation, reparative, repayment, restitution,
   retaliation, retaliatory, revenge, satisfaction, stultifying,
   substitution, thwarting, undoing, vitiating, vitiation, voiding

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