Associations to the word «Recompense»
Adverb
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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.