recompense

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To give compensation for an injury

The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.

To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc

She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst .

That which compensates for an injury

He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted as recompense was an apology.

{v} to repay, pay, requite, redeem
{n} a compensation, an equivalent
to requite; to remunerate; to compensate
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
If you recompense someone for their efforts or their loss, you give them something, usually money, as a payment or reward. The fees offered by the NHS do not recompense dental surgeons for their professional time. to give someone a payment for trouble or losses that you have caused them, or a reward for their efforts to help you = compensate recompense sb for sth (récompenser, from compensare; COMPENSATE). something that you give to someone for trouble or losses that you have caused them, or as a reward for their help = compensation recompense for
An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return
If you are given something, usually money, in recompense, you are given it as a reward or because you have suffered. He demands no financial recompense for his troubles Substantial damages were paid in recompense
To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury payment or reward (as for service rendered)
payment or reward (as for service rendered)
To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved
make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc
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"
{f} make restitution, compensate; repay, reimburse
To give recompense; to make amends or requital
{i} repayment, reimbursement; compensation, restitution
recompensation
recompensed
past of recompense
recompenses
third-person singular of recompense
recompensing
present participle of recompense
recompense
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