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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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