WordNet: compensation

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• domain: topic psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology

• hypernym defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction

• hyponym overcompensation

compensation

• (englanti) compensate (derivationally related)
• (suomi) kompensaatio (synonyymi)