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English noun: compensation | |||
| 1. | compensation (possession) something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | recompense | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amends, blood money, counterbalance, damages, emolument, indemnification, indemnity, offset, overcompensation, redress, reimbursement, reparation, reparation, restitution, workmen's compensation | ||
| 2. | compensation (process) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overcompensation | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 3. | compensation (act) the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | ||
| Synonyms | recompense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | correction, rectification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | indemnification | ||
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