ETYM Latin compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.
In law, money paid to a person who has suffered injury, loss, or damage. If a crime has been committed, compensation can be claimed from various official bodies and through the courts, depending on the circumstances.
1. A defense mechanism that conceals one's undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors.
2. Something given to recompense for loss or injury.
An addition of specific materials or devices to counteract a known error. + prikaži više

1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.
2. That which indemnifies; compensation.

1. Return to an original state
2. The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost); SYN. retrieval.

ETYM Cf. French rembursement.
Compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.