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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
recompense
n 1: payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn:
recompense, compensation]
v 1: 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" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair,
indemnify]
2: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing
(-p?n`s?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L.
pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]
1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to
requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
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He can not recompense me better. --Shak.
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2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to
atone for; to pay for.
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God recompenseth the gift. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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To recompense
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. --Milton.
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3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something
earned or deserved. [R.]
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. --Rom. xii.
17.
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Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r?k"?m*p?ns), v. i.
To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]compense.]
An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given;
compensation; requital; suitable return.
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To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. --Deut.
xxii. 35.
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And every transgression and disobedience received a
just recompense of reward. --Heb. ii. 2.
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Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends;
satisfaction; reward; requital.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
RECOMPENSE. A reward for services; remuneration for goods or other property.
2. In maritime law there is a distinction between recompense and
restitution. (q.v.) When goods have been lost by jettison, if at any
subsequent period of the voyage the remainder of the cargo be lost, the
owner of the goods lost by jettison cannot claim restitution from the owners
of the other goods; but in the case of expenses incurred with a view to the
general benefit, it is clear that they ought to be made good to the party,
whether he be an agent employed by the master in a foreign port or the ship
owner himself.
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Thesaurus Results for recompense:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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