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   com·pen·sa·tion

   /ˌkämpənˈsāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering: "seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work"
   • ▪ the action or process of awarding someone money as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering: "the compensation of victims"
   • ▪ the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages.
   • ▪ something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs: "the gray streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa"
   • ▪ the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’ (see compensate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compensational adjective

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