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Compensation meaning

What does “compensation” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“compensation” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury).

compensation

noun

  1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

  2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

  3. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

    Synonymsrecompense

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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