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compensation
'compensation' - used as a noun
1. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
3. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Variations of 'compensation'
  • correction
  • defence
  • defence mechanism
  • defence reaction
  • defense
  • defense mechanism
  • defense reaction
  • recompense
  • rectification
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