compensation

1. Biology The increase in size or activity of one part of an organism or organ that makes up for the loss or dysfunction of another.

2. Psychology Behavior that develops either consciously or unconsciously to offset a real or imagined deficiency, as in personality or physical ability.

3. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.

4. The act of compensating or the state of being compensated.

5. The act of the state of being .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
compensation	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ai	2
am	4
an	2
as	2
at	2
em	4
en	2
es	2
et	2
in	2
is	2
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ne	2
no	2
oe	2
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om	4
on	2
op	4
os	2
pa	4
pe	4
pi	4
po	4
si	2
so	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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toonies	7
neonics	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aconites	10
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saponine	10
saponite	10
scotopia	12
semantic	12
sonantic	10
sonatine	8
sonicate	10
tampions	12
teaspoon	10
tompions	12

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
antinomes	11
campesino	15
coinmates	13
companies	15
companion	15
component	15
composite	15
conations	11
economist	13
ecotopias	13
emoticons	13
enactions	11
encomiast	13
isooctane	11
moonscape	15
nominates	11
nonatomic	13
nonpoetic	13
noontimes	11
onomastic	13
ptomaines	13

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
companions	16
components	16

12 Letters	Scrabble® Points
compensation	18