Compensation vs. Reparation

Compensationnoun

The act or principle of compensating.

Compensationnoun

Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss

Compensationnoun

The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.

Compensationnoun

A recompense or reward for service.

Compensationnoun

An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

Compensationnoun

The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.

Compensationnoun

The act or principle of compensating.

Compensationnoun

That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.

Compensationnoun

The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.

Compensationnoun

something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

Compensationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

Compensationnoun

the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

Reparationnoun

A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).

Reparationnoun

(archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

Reparationnoun

The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; - in this sense, repair is oftener used.

Reparationnoun

The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity; -used, e.g. in the phrase make reparation, pay reparations, or make reparations.

Reparationnoun

compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury;

Reparationnoun

(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors;

Reparationnoun

the act of putting something in working order again

Reparationnoun

something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;