KEY: Compensation.

SYN: Remuneration, equivalent, wages, pay, allowance, restoration, restitution, satisfaction, atonement, expiation, indemnification, amercement, damages.

ANT: Deprivation, injury, nonpayment, gratuity, donation, fraudulence, damage.

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KEY: Compete.

SYN: Contend, rival, cope, emulate.

ANT: Participate, share.

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KEY: Competence.

SYN: Power, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, ability.