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recompense

[ rek-uhm-pens ]

verb (used with object)

recompensed, recompensing.
  1. to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).


verb (used without object)

recompensed, recompensing.
  1. to make compensation for something; repay someone:

    no attempt to recompense for our trouble.

noun

  1. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.:

    to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
  3. a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.

recompense

/ ˈɛəˌɛԲ /

verb

  1. tr to pay or reward for service, work, etc
  2. tr to compensate for loss, injury, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. compensation for loss, injury, etc

    to make recompense

  2. reward, remuneration, or repayment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𳦴dzˌԲ, noun
  • ˈ𳦴dzˌԲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • o·ȴ· adjective
  • o·Բe noun
  • ܲd·o·Բ verb (used with object) underrecompensed underrecompensing noun
  • ܲr·dz·Բa· adjective
  • ܲ·o·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recompense1

1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English < Middle French recompenser < Late Latin 𳦴dzŧԲ, equivalent to Latin re- re- + dzŧԲ ( compensate ); (noun) late Middle English < Middle French, derivative of recompenser
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recompense1

C15: from Old French recompenser , from Latin re- + dzԲ to balance in weighing; see compensate
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Synonym Study

See reward.
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Example Sentences

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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".

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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.

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What is offered to another person without reservation can also be taken without recompense.

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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.

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“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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