1. Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) 
2. (psychiatry) a defence mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors 
3. The act of compensating for service or loss or injury
   - recompense

Derived forms: compensations

See also: compensate

Type of: correction, defence [Brit, Cdn], defence mechanism [Brit, Cdn], defence reaction [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defense mechanism [US], defense reaction [US], recompense, rectification

Encyclopedia: Compensation

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