1. something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering: "seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work"
▪ the action or process of awarding someone money as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering: "the compensation of victims"
▪ the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages.
▪ something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs: "the gray streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa"
▪ the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’ (see compensate).
