recompense
[ rek-uhm-pens ]
/ ˈrɛk əmˌpɛns /
verb (used with object), rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing.
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
verb (used without object), rec·om·pensed, rec·om·pens·ing.
to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.
noun
compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.
a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.
Origin of recompense
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English < Middle French
recompenser < Late Latin
recompēnsāre, equivalent to Latin
re-
re- +
compēnsāre (see
compensate); (noun) late Middle English < Middle French, derivative of
recompenser
SYNONYMS FOR recompense
synonym study for recompense
4–6. See
reward.
OTHER WORDS FROM recompense
Words nearby recompense
Example sentences from the Web for unrecompensed
Her passion of gratitude could not let his service go all unrecompensed.
Spanish Highways and Byways |Katharine Lee BatesOn what did that sentiment, unsolicited and unrecompensed, rest?
The Golden Bowl |Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for unrecompensed
recompense
/ (ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns) /
verb
(tr)
to pay or reward for service, work, etc
(tr)
to compensate for loss, injury, etc
noun
compensation for loss, injury, etc
to make recompense
reward, remuneration, or repayment
Derived forms of recompense
recompensable, adjective recompenser, nounWord Origin for recompense
C15: from Old French
recompenser, from Latin
re- +
compensāre to balance in weighing; see
compensate