'Recompense' definitions:
Definition of 'recompense'
(from WordNet)
noun
Payment or reward (as for service rendered)
noun
The act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn: recompense, compensation]
verb
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, recompense, repair, indemnify]
verb
Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]
Definition of 'Recompense'
From: GCIDE
- Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r?k"?m*p?ns), v. i. To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recompense'
From: GCIDE
- Recompense \Rec"om*pense\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]compense.] An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. [1913 Webster]
- To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. --Deut. xxii. 35. [1913 Webster]
- And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. --Heb. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recompense'
From: GCIDE
- Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- He can not recompense me better. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for. [1913 Webster]
- God recompenseth the gift. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Recompense to no man evil for evil. --Rom. xii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recompense'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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