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   Rec·om·pense

   /ˈrekəmˌpens/

   

   verb

   • 1. make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate: "offenders should recompense their victims" Similar compensateindemnifyrepayreimbursepay money tomake reparation tomake restitution tomake amends to
   • ▪ pay or reward (someone) for effort or work: "he was handsomely recompensed" Similar rewardpaypay backarchaic:guerdon
   • ▪ make amends to or reward someone for (loss, harm, or effort): "he thought his loyalty had been inadequately recompensed" Similar make up forcompensate formake amends formake restitution formake reparation forredressmake goodsatisfy
   • ▪ punish or reward (someone) appropriately for an action: "according to their doings will he recompense them"

   noun

   • 1. compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made: "substantial damages were paid in recompense"
   • ▪ restitution made or punishment inflicted for a wrong or injury.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favor to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.

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   The meaning of RECOMPENSE is to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred). How to use recompense in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Recompense.

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   Pronunciations of 'recompense'. American English: rɛkəmpɛns British English: rekəmpens. Word forms 3rd person singular present tense recompenses, present participle recompensing, past tense, past participle recompensed. Example sentences including 'recompense'. He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.

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   Pronunciations of the word 'recompense' British English: rekəmpens American English: rɛkəmpɛns. Word forms 3rd person singular present tense recompenses , present participle recompensing , past tense, past participle recompensed. Example sentences including 'recompense' He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.

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    recompense. noun. /ˈrekəmpens/. /ˈrekəmpens/. [uncountable] (formal) something, usually money, that you are given because you have suffered in some way, or as a payment for something. recompense (for somebody/something) There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs.

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