compensation

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noun

1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (Freq. 6)
• Derivationally related forms:
compensate
• Hypernyms:
recompense
• Hyponyms:
overcompensation, workmen's compensation, reimbursement, emolument, blood money,
damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress,
counterbalance, offset, reparation
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
• Derivationally related forms:
compensate
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
• Hyponyms:
overcompensation
3. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
• Syn:
recompense
• Derivationally related forms:
compensate, recompense (for: recompense)
• Hypernyms:
correction, rectification
• Hyponyms:
indemnification