recompense Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
  2. noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
    compensation.
  3. verb make amends for; pay compensation for
    repair; compensate; indemnify.
    • 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
  4. verb make payment to; compensate
    compensate; remunerate.
    • My efforts were not remunerated

WordNet

Rec"om*pense transitive verb
Etymology
F. récompenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Recompensed present participle & verbal noun Recompensing
Definitions
  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.
Rec"om*pense intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To give recompense; to make amends or requital. Obs.
Rec"om*pense noun
Etymology
Cf. F. récompense.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913