recompense

rec·om·pense

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verb

To recompense is to pay someone back or make amends to someone for some loss.

An example of recompense is when a shoplifter gives money to the person from whom he stole.

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recompense

transitive verb

-·pensed·, -·pens·ing

to repay (a person, etc.); reward; compensate
to make repayment or requital for; compensate (a loss, injury, etc.)

Origin of recompense

Middle English recompensen from Middle French recompenser from Late Latin recompensare: see re- and compensate

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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recompense

transitive verb

rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing, rec·om·pens·es

To award compensation to: recompensed the victims of the accident.
To award compensation for; make a return for: recompensed their injuries.

noun

Amends made, as for damage or loss.
Payment in return for something, such as a service.

Origin of recompense

Middle English recompensen from Old French recompenser from Late Latin recompēnsāre Latin re- re- Latin compēnsāre to compensate ; see compensate .

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recompense. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Recompense

Noun

(plural recompenses)

That which compensates for an injury.
He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted as recompense was an apology.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present recompenses, present participle recompensing, simple past and past participle recompensed)

To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
To give compensation for an injury.
The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.
To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Origin

Middle English, from Old French recompense, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again") + compensare (“to balance out")

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