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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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Recompense

Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]

1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

He can not recompense me better. --Shak.

2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.

God recompenseth the gift. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. --Milton.

3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.]

Recompense to no man evil for evil. --Rom. xii. 17.

Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.

Recompense

Rec"om*pense\ (r?k"?m*p?ns), v. i. To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]

Recompense

Rec"om*pense\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]compense.] An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. --Deut. xxii. 35.

And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. --Heb. ii. 2.

Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital.
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Language Translation for : recompense
Spanish: recompensa,
German: die Entschädigung,
Japanese: 償い
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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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