rec·om·pense
ˈre-kəm-ˌpen(t)s 
recompensed; recompensing
1
a
: to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)
b
: to pay for
2
: to return in kind : requite
: an equivalent or a return for something done, suffered, or given : compensation
offered in recompense for injuries
Synonyms
Examples of recompense in a Sentence
Verb
the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums
that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month
Noun
He is asking for a just recompense for the work he's done.
He received $10,000 in recompense for his injuries.
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Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
But millions of people suffer from chronic itch, and even the most satisfying scratch is a small recompense for the long-term suffering their conditions bring.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2024
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Verb
Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.
—Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
Noun
This cycle of governmental theft, recompense and reinjury lives on, the federal judge said in her 2022 ruling.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
But millions of people suffer from chronic itch, and even the most satisfying scratch is a small recompense for the long-term suffering their conditions bring.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2024
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“Recompense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recompense. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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