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Compensation

The act or principle of compensating.

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Amends 76% connected

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

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Blood money 76% connected

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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Damages 76% connected

of Damage

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Emolument 76% connected

The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.

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Indemnification 76% connected

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of…

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Indemnity 76% connected

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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Redress 76% connected

To dress again.

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Reimbursement 76% connected

The act reimbursing.

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Reparation 76% connected

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, re…

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Restitution 76% connected

The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

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Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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Defence 76% connected

See Defense.

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Defense 76% connected

Alt. of Defence

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Recompense 76% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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Rectification 76% connected

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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Compensate 74% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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Compensate 74% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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Cover 74% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cover 74% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Recompense 74% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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Recompense 74% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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Right 74% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 74% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Recompense 92% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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