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Definition of Compensation
1. Noun. Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury).
Specialized synonyms: Overcompensation, Workmen's Compensation, Reimbursement, Emolument, Blood Money, Amends, Damages, Indemnification, Indemnity, Redress, Restitution, Counterbalance, Offset, Reparation, Reparation
Derivative terms: Compensate, Compensate, Compensate, Compensate
2. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors.
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defence Mechanism, Defence Reaction, Defense, Defense Mechanism, Defense Reaction
Specialized synonyms: Overcompensation
Derivative terms: Compensate
3. Noun. The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
Generic synonyms: Correction, Rectification
Specialized synonyms: Indemnification
Derivative terms: Compensate, Compensate, Compensate, Compensate, Compensate, Recompense
Definition of Compensation
1. n. The act or principle of compensating.
Definition of Compensation
1. Noun. The act or principle of compensating. ¹
2. Noun. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense. ¹
3. Noun. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. ¹
4. Noun. A recompense or reward for some loss or service. ¹
5. Noun. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. ¹
6. Noun. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compensation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Compensation
1. In interference microscopy, compensation for the phase difference introduced by the object, measured by introducing a quarter wavelength plate and rotating the analyser: the angle of rotation is proportional to the optical path difference. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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