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COMPENSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Synonyms:
compensation; recompense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("compensation" is a kind of...):
correction; rectification (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compensation"):
indemnification (an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance)
Derivation:
compensate (make payment to; compensate)
compensate (make amends for; pay compensation for)
compensate (do or give something to somebody in return)
compensate (make reparations or amends for)
compensate (adjust for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("compensation" is a kind of...):
recompense (payment or reward (as for service rendered))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compensation"):
overcompensation (excessive compensation)
workmen's compensation (compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment)
reimbursement (compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.)
emolument (compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees))
blood money (compensation paid to the family of a murdered person)
amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)
counterbalance; offset (a compensating equivalent)
reparation ((usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors)
reparation (compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury)
Derivation:
compensate (make payment to; compensate)
compensate (make amends for; pay compensation for)
compensate (do or give something to somebody in return)
compensate (make reparations or amends for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("compensation" is a kind of...):
defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compensation"):
overcompensation ((psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite)
Derivation:
compensate (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities)
Context examples:
That was compensation for everything.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The compensation would likely be generous, and you would be able to direct your income to all that you want to do with your living quarters.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
His satisfaction in which happy imposition on us, and in having preserved the impenetrable secret of the box, appeared to be a sufficient compensation to him for all his tortures.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“I find life precarious enough in my present humble situation. I have no experience. Mediocrity, you see, has its compensations.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There probably were a good many happy little girls in and about the city that day, but it is my private opinion that Amy was the happiest of all, when she sat in her mother's lap and told her trials, receiving consolation and compensation in the shape of approving smiles and fond caresses.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Whenever Jupiter is involved, good financial compensation usually follows.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It's his only compensation for the outward restraints he puts upon himself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Everyone you met seemed to be stingy or tight fisted when it came to compensation for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“No offence to anybody, Mr. Wickfield. I only mean that I suppose some compensation is fair and reasonable in that sort of marriage.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Now, the universe will make a correction and see to it that a proper level of compensation will flow to you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
