compensation

[Com`pen*sa·tion]

An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

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The act or principle of compensating.

Noun
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

Noun
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

Noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors


n.
The act or principle of compensating.

n.
That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.

n.
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.

n.
A recompense or reward for some loss or service.

n.
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


Compensation

Com`pen*sa"tion , n. [L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.] 1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson. 2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.
The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
3. (Law) (a)The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton. (b) A recompense or reward for some loss or service. (c) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real eatate, in which it is customary to privide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum. Syn. -- Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration; requital; satisfaction; set-off.

The act or principle of compensating.

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Usage Examples

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

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Other Usage Examples

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.

San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

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