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Recompense

//ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of compensating for service or loss or injury wordnet
  3. 3
    That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. countable, uncountable

    "He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology."

  4. 4
    payment or reward (as for service rendered) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.

    "She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst […]"

  2. 2
    make payment to; compensate wordnet
  3. 3
    To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

    "The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100."

  4. 4
    make amends for; pay compensation for wordnet
  5. 5
    To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. transitive

    "Recompense to no man evil for evil."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English recompense, borrowed from Old French recompense or Medieval Latin recompensa.

Etymology 2

From Middle English recompensen, borrowed from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again”) + compensare (“to balance out”).

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