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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 overcompensate
      v 1: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by
           exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for
           being a bad father" [syn: cover, compensate]
      2: make excessive corrections for fear of making an error [syn:
          over-correct]