Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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compensation | Yes | No | No | No |
reparation | Yes | No | No | No |
compensation (noun) | reparation (noun) |
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the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | something done or paid in expiation of a wrong |
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | the act of putting something in working order again |
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors |
compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury |