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1. compensation
noun. ['ˌkɑːmpənˈseɪʃən'] something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ion (English)
- compensate (English)
- compensatus (Latin)
Rhymes with Compensation
- deinstitutionalization
- institutionalization
- self-congratulation
- antidiscrimination
- telecommunication
- nondiscrimination
- misrepresentation
- mischaracterization
- internationalization
- industrialization
- decriminalization
- transillumination
- self-determination
- renationalization
- recapitalization
- prestidigitation
- misinterpretation
- misidentification
- miscommunication
- experimentation
- excommunication
- disqualification
- discontinuation
- denationalization
- decentralization
- transplantation
- singularization
- self-perpetuation
- securitization
- reinterpretation
Sentences with compensation
1. Noun, singular or mass
This pay is from a qualified deferred compensation plan known as a defined benefit plan.
Quotes about compensation
1. The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
- Søren Kierkegaard
3. A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
- Roald Dahl
2. compensation
noun. ['ˌkɑːmpənˈseɪʃən'] the act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ion (English)
- compensate (English)
- compensatus (Latin)
3. compensation
noun. ['ˌkɑːmpənˈseɪʃən'] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors.
Etymology
- -ion (English)
- compensate (English)
- compensatus (Latin)