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rec·om·pense (rek′əm pens′)
transitive verb recompensed -·pensed′, recompensing -·pens′·ing
- to repay (a person, etc.); reward; compensate
- to make repayment or requital for; compensate (a loss, injury, etc.)
Etymology: ME recompensen < MFr recompenser < LL recompensare: see re- & compensate
noun
- something given or done in return for something else; repayment, remuneration, requital, or reward
- something given or done to make up for a loss, injury, etc.; compensation
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Converse of object
- seek: Where such mistakes are in your favor, we do not seek any recompense.
Adjective modifier
- ample: The walk through Parson's Bridge and views from the cairn itself provide ample recompense for the exertions!
Modifying Another Word
- fully: The lord preserves the faithful and fully recompenses the proud doer.
Preposition: of
- reward: Take Christ for your example, and live, having " respect unto the recompense of the reward " [ Heb.
Preposition: for
- loss: This, of course, is not an acceptable recompense for the loss of a section of a right of way.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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