compensation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | correction, rectification, |
| definition | : | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | indemnification, |
| definition | : | an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance (noun.act) |
2. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession)
| hypernym | : | recompense, |
| definition | : | payment or reward (as for service rendered) (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | overcompensation, |
| definition | : | excessive compensation (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | workmen's compensation, |
| definition | : | compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | reimbursement, |
| definition | : | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | emolument, |
| definition | : | compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | blood money, |
| definition | : | compensation paid to the family of a murdered person (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution, |
| definition | : | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | counterbalance, offset, |
| definition | : | a compensating equivalent (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | reparation, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | reparation, |
| definition | : | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury (noun.possession) |
3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | overcompensation, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (noun.cognition) |
4. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act)
| derivation | : | compensate, recompense, remunerate, |
| definition | : | make payment to; compensate (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair, |
| definition | : | make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, make up, pay, pay off, |
| definition | : | do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, redress, right, |
| definition | : | make reparations or amends for (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up, |
| definition | : | adjust for (verb.stative) |
5. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | compensate, recompense, remunerate, |
| definition | : | make payment to; compensate (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair, |
| definition | : | make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, make up, pay, pay off, |
| definition | : | do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, redress, right, |
| definition | : | make reparations or amends for (verb.social) |
6. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process)
| derivation | : | compensate, cover, overcompensate, |
| definition | : | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative) |
7. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act)
| derivation | : | compensate, recompense, remunerate, |
| definition | : | make payment to; compensate (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair, |
| definition | : | make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, make up, pay, pay off, |
| definition | : | do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, redress, right, |
| definition | : | make reparations or amends for (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up, |
| definition | : | adjust for (verb.stative) |
8. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | compensate, recompense, remunerate, |
| definition | : | make payment to; compensate (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, indemnify, recompense, repair, |
| definition | : | make amends for; pay compensation for (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, make up, pay, pay off, |
| definition | : | do or give something to somebody in return (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | compensate, correct, redress, right, |
| definition | : | make reparations or amends for (verb.social) |
9. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors (noun.process)
| derivation | : | compensate, cover, overcompensate, |
| definition | : | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities (verb.stative) |
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