recompense
[verb]
Synonyms:
- reward, pay, remunerate
- compensate, make up for, pay for, redress, reimburse, repay, requite
[noun]
Synonyms:
- compensation, amends, damages, payment, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution
- reward, payment, return, wages

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Related Words: accord, award, grant, vouchsafe, balance, offset

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. rec‧om‧pense¹ /ˈrekəmpens/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: récompenser, from Latin compensare; ⇒ compensate]
formal to give someone a payment for trouble or losses that you have caused them, or a reward for their efforts to help you Synonym : compensate
recompense somebody for something
The charge recompenses the bank for the costs involved.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. recompense² noun [singular, uncountable]
formal something that you give to someone for trouble or losses that you have caused them, or as a reward for their help Synonym : compensation
recompense for
financial recompense for the victims of violence

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

recompense
noun
ADJ. adequate, sufficient | financial
VERB + RECOMPENSE have All struggles should have their recompense.
expect | receive | give (sth in), pay (sth in) Substantial damages were paid in recompense.
PREP. as/in ~ She received a gift as recompense.
~ for He was given £1,000 in recompense for his loss.
~ from recompense from the government

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