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8 total sentences available.
"Thou, who alone Troy's sorrows deign'st to hear, / and us, the gleanings of the Danaan spear, / poor world-wide wanderers and in desperate case, / has ta'en to share thy city and thy cheer, / meet thanks nor we, nor what of Dardan race / yet roams the earth, can give to recompense thy grace."
Source: tatoeba (6797694)
They received a windfall as recompense for false imprisonment, but it doesn't even begin to make up for lost time.
Source: tatoeba (10627864)
He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.
Source: wiktionary
O let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, Who plead for love and look for recompense More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include compensation, accord, allowance, amend, amend.
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