Recompense Definition
rĕkəm-pĕns
recompensed, recompenses, recompensing
verb
recompensed, recompenses, recompensing
To award compensation to.
Recompensed the victims of the accident.
American Heritage
To repay (a person, etc.); reward; compensate.
Webster's New World
To award compensation for; make a return for.
Recompensed their injuries.
American Heritage
To make repayment or requital for; compensate (a loss, injury, etc.)
Webster's New World
To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
Wiktionary
noun
recompenses
Amends made, as for damage or loss.
American Heritage
Something given or done in return for something else; repayment, remuneration, requital, or reward.
Webster's New World
Something given or done to make up for a loss, injury, etc.; compensation.
Webster's New World
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.
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Origin of Recompense
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Middle English recompensen from Old French recompenser from Late Latin recompēnsāre Latin re- re- Latin compēnsāre to compensate compensate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English, from Old French recompense, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again") + compensare (“to balance out")
From Wiktionary
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