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recompense

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rec⋅om⋅pense

  [rek-uhm-pens] verb, -pensed, -pens⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
–verb (used without object)
3. to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.
–noun
4. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.
5. a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
6. a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late ME < MF recompenser < LL recompēnsāre, equiv. to L re- re- + compēnsāre (see compensate ); (n.) late ME < MF, deriv. of recompenser

Related forms:
rec⋅om⋅pen⋅sa⋅ble, adjective
rec⋅om⋅pens⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. reimburse, recoup. 4. payment, amends, indemnification, satisfaction. 4–6. See reward.
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rec·om·pense   (rěk'əm-pěns')   
tr.v.   rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing, rec·om·pens·es

  1. To award compensation to: recompensed the victims of the accident.

  2. To award compensation for; make a return for: recompensed their injuries.

n.  

  1. Amends made, as for damage or loss.

  2. Payment in return for something, such as a service.


[Middle English recompensen, from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompēnsāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin compēnsāre, to compensate; see compensate.]
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Word Origin & History

recompense  (n.)
c.1374 (recompensation), from O.Fr. recompense (13c.), from L.L. recompensare, from L. re- "again" + compensare "balance out," lit. "weigh together" (see compensate). The verb is attested from 1422.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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