compensation
Roget category 30
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity
#30.
Compensation
noun
compensation,
equation —
commutation —
indemnification —
compromise —
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification —
counteraction
etc.
179 —
reaction —
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization —
etc.
27 —
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset —
make-weight,
casting-weight —
counterpoise,
ballast —
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo —
bribe,
hush money —
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952 —
counterbalance,
counterclaim —
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
verb
make compensation —
compensate,
compense† —
indemnify —
counteract,
countervail,
counterpoise —
balance —
outbalance†,
overbalance,
counterbalance —
set off —
hedge,
square,
give and take —
make up for,
lee way —
cover,
fill up,
neutralize,
nullify —
equalize
etc.
27 —
make good —
redeem
etc.
(atone)
952.
adjective
compensating,
compensatory —
countervailing
etc.
v. —
in the opposite scale —
equivalent
etc.
(equal)
27.
adverb
in return,
in consideration —
but,
however,
yet,
still,
notwithstanding —
nevertheless,
nathless†,
none the less —
although,
though —
albeit,
howbeit —
mauger† —
at all events,
at any rate —
be that as it may,
for all that,
even so,
on the other,
hand,
at the same time,
quoad minus [Lat.],
quand meme [Fr.],
however that may be —
after all is said and done —
taking one thing with another
etc.
(average)
29.
phrase
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 [Lat.]
[Ovid].
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QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD
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