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nounthe act of compensating for service or loss or injury
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noun(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
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nounsomething (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)type of:
Definition that contains compensation
- satisfaction compensation for a wrong
- atonement compensation for a wrong
- reimbursement compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
- expiation compensation for a wrong
- reparation compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
- emolument compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
- workmen's compensation compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment
- blood money compensation paid to the family of a murdered person