Antonyms for compensation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kom-puhn-sey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm pənˈseɪ ʃən |
Definition of compensation
Origin :- late 14c., "action of compensating," from Latin compensationem (nominative compensatio) "a weighing one thing against another, a balancing," noun of action from past participle stem of compensare (see compensate). Meaning "what is given in recompense" is from c.1600; meaning "amends for loss or damages" is from 1804; meaning "salary, wages" is attested from 1787, American English. The psychological sense is from 1914.
- noun repayment; rectification
- Had they still been in his possession, that would have been some compensation.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- All sorts of labor is got at enormous rates of compensation.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- She had learned the law of compensation: that for every joy one pays in suffering.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- If I carried with me a sad heart, there yet were already visible the dawnings of compensation.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- For property that had been devastated or destroyed a similar maximum of compensation was voted.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- If he acts in good faith he is not obnoxious to punishment--but entitled to compensation?
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- Perhaps this is the great Mother's compensation in a harsh mode of life.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- There is a deeper fact in the soul than compensation, to wit, its own nature.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- But the doctrine of compensation is not the doctrine of indifferency.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- In the nature of the soul is the compensation for the inequalities of condition.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Synonyms for compensation
- advantage
- allowance
- amends
- atonement
- benefit
- bonus
- bread
- consideration
- counterclaim
- coverage
- damages
- defrayal
- deserts
- earnings
- fee
- gain
- honorarium
- indemnification
- indemnity
- meet
- pay
- payment
- payoff
- premium
- profit
- quittance
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- recompense
- recoupment
- redress
- reimbursement
- remittal
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- reward
- salary
- salt
- satisfaction
- scale
- settlement
- shake
- stipend
- take
- take-home
- wage
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