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1. (n.) compensation
the act of compensating.
2. compensation
the state of being compensated.
3. compensation
something given or received for services, debt, loss, injury, etc.; indemnity; reparation; payment.
4. compensation
a psychological mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some personal deficiency by developing or stressing another aspect of personality or ability.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) compensation
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2. (noun) compensation
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
3. (noun) recompense, compensation
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
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1. (noun) compensation
money paid for loss, damage, etc.
compensation paid to the victims of the fire
2. compensation
sth that balances a negative
One of the compensations of getting older is being wiser.; Seeing him was some compensation for missing the party.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Compensation
the act or principle of compensating
2. (noun) Compensation
that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense
3. (noun) Compensation
the extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off
4. (noun) Compensation
a recompense or reward for some loss or service
5. (noun) Compensation
an equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation
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