Synonyms of the word

compensation

• n. The act or principle of compensating.
• n. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation…
• n. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are…
• n. A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
• n. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide…
• n. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision…

correction

• n. The act of correcting.
• n. A substitution for an error or mistake.
• n. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
• n. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
• n. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
• n. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue…

defence

• n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
• n. Something used to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.

defense

• n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
• n. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

recompense

• n. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
• n. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
• v. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
• v. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
• v. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

rectification

• n. The action or process of rectifying.
• n. (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
• n. (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the…
• n. (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
• n. (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.