recompense
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.
compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.
a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.
Origin of recompense
1synonym study For recompense
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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How to use recompense in a sentence
Possession of the books was the only recompense, though for all other work payment in money was made.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHis immediate recompense was the post of general of brigade in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBehold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHer descendants have been exempted from the taille (poll tax)—a mean and shameful recompense!
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for recompense
/ (ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns) /
(tr) to pay or reward for service, work, etc
(tr) to compensate for loss, injury, etc
compensation for loss, injury, etc: to make recompense
reward, remuneration, or repayment
Origin of recompense
1Derived forms of recompense
- recompensable, adjective
- recompenser, noun
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