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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
noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
originFrom Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.
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