compensation Copy link • compensation: compensātio (strictly subjective; and denoting the estimate formed not the c. itself: hence to be used with care): wise men mitigate the evils of life by looking at the c. of its advantages, sapientes vitae incommoda commodorum compensatione leniunt, Cic. Mostly better expr. by verb: as, c. is a universal law, *omnia omnibus or semper bona malis, compensantur: v. to compensate.
COMPENSATION Copy link • COMPENSATIONcompensatio: pensatio: aequatio. exaequatio [SYN. in COMPENSATE], *impensae pecuniae restitutio (for money spent): remuneratio.