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recompense
[ rek-uhm-pens ]
verb (used with object)
- to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
verb (used without object)
- to make compensation for something; repay someone:
no attempt to recompense for our trouble.
noun
- compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.:
to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
- a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.
recompense
/ ˈɛəˌɛԲ /
verb
- tr to pay or reward for service, work, etc
- tr to compensate for loss, injury, etc
noun
- compensation for loss, injury, etc
to make recompense
- reward, remuneration, or repayment
Derived Forms
- ˈdzˌԲ, noun
- ˈdzˌԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- o·ȴ· adjective
- o·Բe noun
- ܲd·o·Բ verb (used with object) underrecompensed underrecompensing noun
- ܲr·dz·Բa· adjective
- ܲ·o·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of recompense1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of recompense1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He said Reform UK won 4.1 million votes at last year's general election "with a ramshackle operation and an army of volunteers who worked their socks off for no recompense whatsoever".
It’s proper to note here that no one has ever proposed diverting Social Security revenues for any other purpose without recompense — except Republicans such as Lee.
What is offered to another person without reservation can also be taken without recompense.
President Trump, emboldened after the special counsel said he did not find evidence of a criminal conspiracy to sway the 2016 election, has an early target as he seeks recompense from his critics: Rep.
“There’s no recompense that can fully heal the pain caused by the sexual violation,” Cardenas said at a news conference Monday.
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