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Synonyms for compensation
noun repayment; rectification

redress
settlement
payoff
wage
fee
profit
pay
earnings
restitution
reparation
premium
bonus
stipend

coverage
payment
salary
reimbursement
benefit
indemnity
reward
allowance
reprisal
satisfaction
shake
scale
deserts

honorarium
take
reciprocity
atonement
advantage
indemnification
gain
consideration
reckoning
bread
quittance
amends
recompense

meet
salt
requital
remuneration
remittance
remittal
damages
defrayal
counterclaim
recoupment
take-home

Antonyms for compensation

hurt
loss
debt

penalty
damage
deprivation

fine
forfeiture

Concept Thesaurus for word compensation
2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms – noun

compensation
compromise neutralization
measure for measure
set-off
counterpoise
quid pro quo
counterbalance

equation
nullification
retaliation
offset
ballast
bribe
counterclaim

commutation
counteraction
equalization [more]
make-weight
indemnity
hush money
cross-debt

indemnification
reaction
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
casting-weight
equivalent
amends (atonement)
cross-demand.

Synonyms – verbs

make compensation
counteract
outbalance
hedge
make leeway
nullify

compensate
countervail
overbalance
square
cover
equalize

compense
counterpoise
counterbalance
give and take
fill up
make good

indemnify
balance
set off
make up for
neutralize
redeem (atone)

Synonyms – adjectives

compensating
equivalent (equal)

compensatory

countervailing

in the opposite scale

Synonyms – phrases
” light is mingled with the gloom ” [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Vergil]; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas [Ovid].
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Other adjectives related to compensation

all straight
equivalent
out of debt
unowed

compensating
in the opposite scale
owing nothing

compensatory
moratory
paid

countervailing
never indebted
paying