 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recompense
noun
1: payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn:
{compensation}]
verb
1: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in
the accident" [syn: {compensate}, {repair}, {indemnify}]
2: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
remunerated" [syn: {compensate}, {remunerate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), verb (used with an object) [imp. &
p. p. {Recompensed} (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recompensing}
(-p?n's?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L.
pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See {Compensate}.]
1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to
requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
He can not recompense me better. --Shak.
2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to
atone for; to pay for.
God recompenseth the gift. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
To recompense
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. --Milton.
3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something
earned or deserved. [R.]
Recompense to no man evil for evil. --Rom. xii.
17.
Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r?k"?m*p?ns), verb (used without an object)
To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\, noun [Cf. F. r['e]compense.]
An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given;
compensation; requital; suitable return.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. --Deut.
xxii. 35.
And every transgression and disobedience received a
just recompense of reward. --Heb. ii. 2.
Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends;
satisfaction; reward; requital.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "recompense":
accord, amend, amends, atone, atone for, atonement, award, balance,
balancing, blood money, comeuppance, commutation, compensate,
compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correct,
correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, cover, damages,
desert, deserts, do penance, emend, expiate, expiation,
expiatory offering, fee, fill up, fixing, get satisfaction,
give and take, give satisfaction, grant, guerdon, honorarium,
indemnification, indemnify, indemnity, just deserts, lex talionis,
live down, make all square, make amends, make compensation,
make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital,
make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up for,
making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending,
offset, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, pay, pay back,
pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations,
pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, paying back, peace offering,
piaculum, prepay, price, propitiate, propitiation, punishment,
put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, quittance,
reclamation, rectification, rectify, redeem, redemption, redress,
refund, reimburse, reimbursement, remedy, remit, remunerate,
remuneration, render, repair, repairing, reparation, repay,
repayment, reprisal, requital, requite, requitement, restitution,
retaliate, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward,
right, salary, salvage, satisfaction, satisfy, set right,
set straight, set to rights, set up, smart money, solatium, square,
square it, square things, squaring, substitution, tender,
troubleshooting, vouchsafe, wergild, what is due,
what is merited
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