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com·pen·sa·tion (käm′pən sās̸hən)

noun

  1. a compensating or being compensated
    1. anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense
    2. payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration
  2. 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
  3. 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

Etymology: ME compensacioun < L compensatio

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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