compensation
noun
the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
compensational
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a word derived from
compensation.
Example Sentences
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Although the story is somewhat “simplistic,” according to Variety, Leachman’s “senile yet still tart-tongued” character “lends the film a certain unforced gravitas that provides compensational rewards.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
Another couple of miles and the eastern edge of the sandy area I is reached, after which a compensational proportion of smooth gravel abounds.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
