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Definition recompense

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French recompense, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again”) + compensare (“to balance out”)

Noun

recompense (countable and uncountable, plural recompenses)

1. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
2. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

Verb

recompense (third-person singular simple present recompenses, present participle recompensing, simple past and past participle recompensed)

1. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
2. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
3. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

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