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Compensation

//ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or principle of compensating. countable, uncountable

    "Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe."

  2. 2
    the act of compensating for service or loss or injury wordnet
  3. 3
    Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. countable, uncountable

    "The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners."

  4. 4
    something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) wordnet
  5. 5
    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. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors wordnet
  2. 7
    A recompense or reward for service. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    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. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.

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