different between regress vs compensation

English

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?????s/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /??????s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2. The power or liberty of passing back.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress

Derived terms

• infinite regress
• Ryle's regress

Synonyms

• retrogress

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

Synonyms

• backslide

Antonyms

• advance
• proceed
• progress

Translations

Related terms

• regression
• regressive

Further reading

• regress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regress at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• sergers

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin regressus (“back step”), from re- (“back”) +? gressus (“step”).

Noun

regress

1. regress.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French compensacion, from Latin compens?ti?nem, accusative singular of compens?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?mp?n?se???n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

compensation (countable and uncountable, plural compensations)

1. The act or principle of compensating.

   Synonym: restitution

2. Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

   Synonyms: amends, remuneration, recompense

   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.

   • 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord

     No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.

3. (finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

   Synonym: set-off

4. A recompense or reward for service.

   Synonym: restitution

5. (real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
6. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
7. (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).

   Coordinate term: degeneracy

Derived terms

Related terms

• compensate

Translations

Anagrams

• camponotines, companion set

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comp?ns?ti?, comp?ns?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.p??.sa.sj??/

Noun

compensation f (plural compensations)

1. compensation

Related terms

• compenser