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- Audio (US) compensate ‎(third-person singular simple present compensates, present participle compensating, simple past and past participle compensated) To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
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correction correction. 1  a correcting or being corrected. 2  a change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right, or from abnormal to normal; emendation; rectification. 3  the amount of change made in correcting. 4  punishment or scolding to correct faults. [usually pl.] punishment and rehabilitation within a prison system.
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retribution retribution. n. 1. the act of punishing or taking vengeance for wrongdoing, sin, or injury. 2. punishment or vengeance. [C14: via Old French from Church Latin retribūtiō, from Latin retribuere to repay, from re- + tribuere to pay; see tribute].
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compensate Verb[edit] compensate ‎(third-person singular simple present compensates, present participle compensating, simple past and past participle compensated) To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
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indemnify To pay compensation for a loss, damages, or similar expense is to indemnify. The insurance company indemnified its customers for their claims after the severe storm — one customer lost three cars, a row boat, and a golf cart.. The verb indemnify also means to secure against future loss. The farmers bought insurance to indemnify themselves and their animals against catastrophic loss.
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- payment to another for a loss or injury the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land Synonyms damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, compensation, reprisal(s), requital, restitution, satisfactionRelated Words punitive ...
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punish Punish, correct, discipline refer to making evident public or private disapproval of violations of law, wrongdoing, or refusal to obey rules or regulations by imposing penalties. To punish is chiefly to inflict penalty or pain as a retribution for misdeeds, with little or no expectation of correction or improvement: to punish a thief.
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indemnify verb (used with object), indemnified, indemnifying. 1. to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc. 2. to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability). Origin of indemnify.
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- verb (used with object) 1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft.
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pay 1 1 to pay (someone) everything that is due that person, especially to do so and discharge from one's employ. 2  to pay (a debt) in full. 3  Informal. to bribe. 4  to retaliate upon or punish. 5  Nautical. to fall off to leeward.  to result in success or failure:
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- offset - a compensating equivalent. counterbalance. compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) 3. offset - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips. stolon, runner. plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. 4. offset - a natural consequence of development. offshoot, outgrowth, branch
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- An allowance is a stipulated amount furnished at regular intervals as a matter of discretion or gratuity, as of food to besieged soldiers, or of money to a child or ward. Compensation is a comprehensive word signifying a return for a service done.
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How to Apologize An apology is an expression of remorse for something you've done wrong, and serves as a way to repair a relationship after that wrongdoing. Forgiveness occurs when the person who was hurt is motivated to repair the relationship with the person who inflicted the hurt.
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- Nearby & related entries: 1  compensated. 2  compensating. 3  compensating balance. 4  compensating resistances. 5  compensating variation. 6  compensation and redress. 7  compensation culture. 8  compensation point. 9  compensational. 10  compensative.
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- compensation. noun com·pen·sa·tion \ˌkaem-ˌkäm-pən-ˈsā, -shən-\. ˌpen. : tweet something that is done or given to make up for, damage, trouble. : etc something good that acts as a balance against something bad or. undesirable The court awarded the victims millions of dollars in compensation. 2  She offered to pay for lunch as compensation for keeping me waiting. 3  Moving to the coast had some drawbacks, but there were also compensations.
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punish punish. 1  to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2  to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. 3  to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight. 4  to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing.
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- Define punitive damages: damages awarded in excess of compensation to the plaintiff to punish a defendant for a serious wrong damages awarded in excess of compensation to the plaintiff to punish a defendant for a serious wrong…
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- apology. 1 n-var An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. We received a letter of apology..., He made a public apology for the team's performance.
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Damages Damages: An Overview. Damages, in a legal sense, is the sum of money the law imposes for a breach of some duty or violation of some right. Generally, there are two types of damages: compensatory and punitive.
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- Switch to new thesaurus. compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) allowance - a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses. breakage - reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use.
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- To expiate is defined as to admit you did something that was a sin or something you feel guilty about and to pay a penalty. When you feel guilty about a lie you told, and you come clean and ask for forgiveness, this is an example of a time when you expiate. -·at·ed, -·at·ing.
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Compensation: Outline and Definitions Compensation is a systematic approach to providing monetary value to employees in exchange for work performed. Compensation may achieve several purposes assisting in recruitment, job performance, and job satisfaction.
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adjust 2. to put in working order or in a proper state or position: to adjust an instrument. 3. to settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result: to adjust our differences. 4. to determine the amount to be paid in settlement of (an insurance claim). 5. to systematize.
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correction The definition of a correction is a change that fixes a mistake, or a punishment to correct a fault. 1  An example of a correction is changing the answer of 2 + 2 from 5 to 4. 2  An example of a correction is sending someone to jail for stealing. a correcting or being corrected. a change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right, or from abnormal to normal; emendation; rectification. the amount of change made in correcting. punishment or scolding to correct faults.
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- fault noun (SOMETHING WRONG). › [C] a ​quality in a ​person that ​shows that the ​person is not ​perfect, or a ​condition of something that ​shows that it is not ​working ​perfectly: He ​loves me in ​spite of my faults. Some ​people ​find fault in everything they ​see.
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. 2  reparation, amends(noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong. how can I make amends.