recompense
Meaning of recompense
- make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate.
offenders should recompense their victims
he was recompensed for the wasted time
- compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made.
adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs
substantial damages were paid in recompense
late Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.
Information about recompense
- The plural form of recompense is: recompenses.
- Languages in which recompense is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of recompense
rec-om-pense
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- recompense is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
recompense synonyms
Meaning compensation:
Meaning compensate:
compensate, repair, indemnify, remunerate
Meaning pay back (a loan):
Meaning repay (a person who has spent or lost money):
Meaning the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged:
Meaning recompense for injury or loss:
Meaning compensation for harm or loss:
Meaning a sum of money paid as compensation, especially one paid by a country defeated in war as a condition of peace:
Meaning the action of repaying a person who has spent or lost money:
Meaning the action of paying back a loan:
Meaning a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement:
Meaning remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance:
Meaning the payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation or claim:
Meaning a reward or recompense:
Meaning a person's deserved share of praise, honour, etc:
Meaning a thing given to someone as a compensation or consolation:
Words that rhyme with recompense
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