recompense

[ rek-uhm-pens ]
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verb (used with object),rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing.
  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),rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing.
  1. to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.

noun
  1. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.

  2. a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.

  1. a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.

Origin of recompense

1
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English <Middle French recompenser<Late Latin recompēnsāre, equivalent to Latin re-re- + compēnsāre (see compensate); (noun) late Middle English <Middle French, derivative of recompenser

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4-6. See reward.

Other words for recompense

Other words from recompense

  • rec·om·pen·sa·ble, adjective
  • rec·om·pens·er, noun
  • un·der·rec·om·pense, verb (used with object), un·der·rec·om·pensed, un·der·rec·om·pens·ing, noun
  • un·rec·om·pens·a·ble, adjective
  • un·rec·om·pensed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for recompense

recompense

/ (ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns) /


verb
  1. (tr) to pay or reward for service, work, etc

  2. (tr) to compensate for loss, injury, etc

noun
  1. compensation for loss, injury, etc: to make recompense

  2. reward, remuneration, or repayment

Origin of recompense

1
C15: from Old French recompenser, from Latin re- + compensāre to balance in weighing; see compensate

Derived forms of recompense

  • recompensable, adjective
  • recompenser, noun

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