compensāˈtion /kom-/ noun

1. The act of compensating
2. Amends, esp financial, for loss, injury, etc sustained
3. The neutralization of opposing forces (physics)
4. Payment, remuneration (N American)
5. Process of compensating for sense of failure or inadequacy by concentrating on achievement or superiority, real or fancied, in some other sphere
6. The defence mechanism involved in this (psychology)

compensāˈtional, comˈpensātive (or /kəm-penˈsə-tiv/) or compenˈsatory (also /sāˈ/) adjective

Giving compensation

comˈpensātor noun

compensation balance or compensation pendulum noun

A balance wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature

compensation neurosis noun (psychology)

A set of physical and psychological symptoms affecting some victims of industrial, etc injury who have the prospect of receiving financial compensation for their injury, thought by some to be a genuine reaction to trauma and by others to be an attempt to profit from the initial injury

compensation water noun

The water passed downstream from a reservoir to supply users who, before the construction of the reservoir dam, took their water directly from the stream