Translate compensation | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of compensation
noun
something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering:seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work [as modifier]:a compensation claim 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 getting older has some compensations Psychology the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction.
