compensation
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
Something, typically money, given or received in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Wordset Dictionary
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
Wordset Dictionary
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- recompense
- alternatephrasing
- Compensation
- plural
- compensations
- possessive
- compensation's
- pluralpossessive
- compensations'