See Also: Compensation:(law)
Fee-only compensation(money)
Compensation(health)
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Fee only compensation(finance)
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Compensation (health)


A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, by which one attempts to make up for real or fancied deficiencies. Also a conscious process in which one strives to make up for real or imagined defects of physique, performance skills, or psychological attributes. The two types frequently merge. See also overcompensation.