compensation
/ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən/ nounDefinition
MONEY [U] › money that you pay to someone because you are responsible for injuring them or damaging something: Most of the workers have won compensation for losing their jobs.
SOMETHING GOOD [C, U] › something you get to make you feel better when you have suffered something bad: Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening.
(Definition of compensation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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