Compensation
Compensation noun - Payment to another for a loss or injury.
Usage example: a warehouse worker who received a large compensation for his crippling injury while on the job
Punishment and compensation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Punishment" instead a noun "Compensation".
Punishment
Punishment noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.
Compensation and punishment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compensation" instead a noun "Punishment".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- satisfaction and compensation
- satisfaction and punishment
- reward and compensation
- reward and punishment
- price and compensation
- price and punishment
- payment and compensation
- payment and punishment
- redress and compensation
- redress and punishment
- justice and compensation
- justice and punishment
- retaliation and compensation
- retaliation and punishment
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Skinner tries to get out of getting his punishment by killing his girlfriend and offering her as compensation.
Source: Dragged Off to Hell - Later passages also imply that monetary compensation was allowed in place of literal violent punishment.
Source: Fair for Its Day - Brinks wouldn't give Nanette the punishment she gave Angela, believing Nanette made an innocent mistake but was at least fair enough to offer Angela some sort of compensation for the unjust punishment.
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