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rec⋅om⋅pense
[rek-uh
m-pens]
verb, -pensed, -pens⋅ing, noun –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
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
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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
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.
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