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recompense

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verb

rec·​om·​pense ˈre-kəm-ˌpen(t)s How to pronounce recompense (audio)
recompensed; recompensing

transitive verb

1
a
: to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)
b
: to pay for
2
: to return in kind : requite

recompense

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noun

: an equivalent or a return for something done, suffered, or given : compensation
offered in recompense for injuries

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for recompense

pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense mean to give money or its equivalent in return for something.

pay implies the discharge of an obligation incurred.

paid their bills

compensate implies a making up for services rendered.

an attorney well compensated for her services

remunerate clearly suggests paying for services rendered and may extend to payment that is generous or not contracted for.

promised to remunerate the searchers handsomely

satisfy implies paying a person what is required by law.

all creditors will be satisfied in full

reimburse implies a return of money that has been spent for another's benefit.

reimbursed employees for expenses

indemnify implies making good a loss suffered through accident, disaster, warfare.

indemnified the families of the dead miners

repay stresses paying back an equivalent in kind or amount.

repay a favor with a favor

recompense suggests due return in amends, friendly repayment, or reward.

passengers were recompensed for the delay

Example Sentences

Verb the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month Noun He is asking for a just recompense for the work he's done. He received $10,000 in recompense for his injuries.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
That date is when the Biden administration's requirement that private insurance companies recompense those who buy over-the-counter COVID tests goes into effect. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2022 In a professional setting, a favorable recommendation for a job well done — while certainly appreciated — should not be recompensed with a present. Judith Martin, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
Noun
Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 2 Aug. 2022 The recompense for those who can manage all this can be substantial. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022 Given the growth of money over time, an investor would put that life’s current value at around four hundred thousand dollars, or, for a five-per-cent share, twenty thousand dollars—small recompense for a piece of one’s lifelong daily work. Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Without a single nickel of recompense—to them or their descendants. Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 June 2022 Most of the people who lost businesses and property were denied recompense through insurance and other legal claims. Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022 De-extinction could be seen as a recompense for the hundreds of species humans have partly or wholly driven to extinction. Matt Reynolds, Wired, 9 Feb. 2022 Political insiders or oligarchs who lost their London flats or foreign investments after 2014, for example, may have been granted a construction or energy contract at home as recompense. New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Since 1990 the federal government has offered some recompense to downwinders and others affected by nuclear testing through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- + compensare to compensate

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of recompense was in the 15th century

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