Associations to the word «Recompense»

Wiktionary

RECOMPENSE, noun. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
RECOMPENSE, noun. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
RECOMPENSE, verb. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
RECOMPENSE, verb. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
RECOMPENSE, verb. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Dictionary definition

RECOMPENSE, noun. Payment or reward (as for service rendered).
RECOMPENSE, noun. The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
RECOMPENSE, verb. 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".
RECOMPENSE, verb. Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca