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compensation
Found in thesaurus: recompense, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defence mechanism, defense reaction, defense, defence, correction, rectification
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compensation
n.
recompense, repayment; something done to make up for (a loss, deficiency or fault)
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Compensation
Compensation may refer to:
- Financial compensation
- Compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage
- Compensation (engineering)
- Compensation (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Compensation (film), a 2000 film
- Compensation (psychology)
- Biological compensation, the characteristic pattern of bending of the plant or mushroom stem after turning from the normal vertical position
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compensation
Noun
1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
(hypernym) recompense
(hyponym) overcompensation
(derivation) right, compensate, redress, correct
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
(hypernym) defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
(hyponym) overcompensation
(derivation) cover, compensate, overcompensate
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
3. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
(synonym) recompense
(hypernym) correction, rectification
(hyponym) indemnification
(derivation) compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
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compensation
nf.
compensation, restitution; amends; adjustment, correction
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compensation
n.
náhrada škody; výhoda; dobrá stránka čeho
