recompense
Plural: recompenses
Noun
- payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
- An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
- That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
Verb
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- make payment to; compensate
- To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
- To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
- To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
Examples
- He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.
- The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English recompense, borrowed from Old French recompense or Medieval Latin recompensa.
Synonyms
compensate, compensation, indemnify, remunerate, repair, meed, payback, recompence, recompensate, restitution
Scrabble Score: 16
recompense: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecompense: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recompense: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary