Compensation

noun

1. The act of compensating or the state of being compensated.
2. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.
3. The increase in size or activity of one part of an organism or organ that makes up for the loss or dysfunction of another.
4. Behavior that develops either consciously or unconsciously to offset a real or imagined deficiency, as in personality or physical ability.
5. In pathology, an increase in functional power of some organ or part of an organ to make up for a defect in another organ or in another part of the same organ.