compensation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
Types & categories
- recompense hypernym
- overcompensation hyponym
- workmen's compensation hyponym
- reimbursement hyponym
- emolument hyponym
- blood money hyponym
- restitution hyponym
- offset hyponym
- reparation hyponym
- reparation hyponym
Related & opposite
- remunerate derivation
- recompense derivation
- make up derivation
- redress derivation
Sense 2 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
- overcompensation hyponym
Related & opposite
- overcompensate derivation
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Types & categories
- correction hypernym
- indemnification hyponym
Related & opposite
- remunerate derivation
- recompense derivation
- make up derivation
- redress derivation
- counterbalance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | remunerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | make up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | redress |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | recompense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcompensation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | workmen's compensation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reimbursement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emolument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood money |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restitution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | offset |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reparation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reparation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overcompensate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcompensation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | remunerate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | make up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | redress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterbalance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | correction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | indemnification |