COMPENSATION

noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of compensating ; the state of being compensated, correction of an organic defect or loss by hypertrophy or by increased functioning of another organ or unimpaired parts of the same organ, a psychological mechanism by which feelings of inferiority, frustration, or failure in one field are counterbalanced by achievement in another, 2. a. something that constitutes an equivalent or recompense , payment to unemployed or injured workers or their dependents, payment , remuneration , ~al adjective