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  • 121compensation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Equalizing payment Nouns 1. (act of compensating) compensation, satisfaction, indemnification, indemnity; compromise; counteraction, [equal and opposite] reaction; measure for measure; retaliation,… …

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  • 122restitution — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. restoration, reparation, amends, amende honorable; atonement, redemption; remuneration; recovery, repossession; return, compensation; making good; rehabilitation; indemnification; retrieval; repair.… …

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  • 123satisfaction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compensation, gratification, enjoyment, content, contentment; atonement, reparation, redress, amends; fulfillment. See pleasure, payment, sufficiency. Ant., dissatisfaction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The …

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  • 124Reward — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Reward >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 reward reward recompense remuneration meed guerdon reguerdon| Sgm: N 1 price price Sgm: N 1 indemnity indemnity indemnification Sgm: N 1 compensation …

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  • 125amend — [[t]əme̱nd[/t]] amends, amending, amended 1) VERB If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate. [V n] Kaunda agreed to amend the constitution… …

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  • 126Boot — (b[=oo]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends, cure, AS. b[=o]t; akin to Icel. b[=o]t, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. b[=o]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.] 1. Remedy; relief; amends; …

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  • 127Redress — Re*dress (r?*dr?s ), v. t. [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re re + dresser to raise, arrange. See {Dress.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.] [1913 Webster] The common profit could she redress.… …

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  • 128To boot — Boot Boot (b[=oo]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends, cure, AS. b[=o]t; akin to Icel. b[=o]t, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. b[=o]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.] 1. Remedy;… …

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