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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.
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Recompense
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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 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
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
Related forms
rec·om·pen·sa·ble, adjective
rec·om·pens·er, noun
un·der·rec·om·pense, verb (used with object), -pensed, -pens·ing, noun
un·rec·om·pens·a·ble, adjective
un·rec·om·pensed, adjective
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recompense
late 14c. (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.
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