recompense

/ɹˈɛkəmpˌɛns/

/ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/

Recompense

the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

payment or reward (as for service rendered)

to recompense

MAIN VERB

make payment to; compensate

synonyms : compensate

make amends for; pay compensation for

synonyms : compensate

Examples

1. Are we recompensed in some way for all of those sacrifices that we make in the name of virtue?

2. He asks to be recompensed for these extraordinary losses.

3. Saladin demands compensation from Baldwin, but the king cannot force Raynald to recompense.

4. In addition, the present state has the duty to uphold the need to recompense its own victims.