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compensation
noun
- a compensating or being compensated
- anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense
- payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration
- Biol. the counterbalancing of a defect in the structure or function of a part by greater activity in or development of one or more other parts
- Psychol. a mechanism by which an individual seeks to make up for a real or imagined psychological defect by developing or exaggerating a psychological strength
Related Forms:
- compensational adjective
See compensation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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