recompense
verb/ˈrekəmpens/
/ˈrekəmpens/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recompense | /ˈrekəmpens/ /ˈrekəmpens/ |
| he / she / it recompenses | /ˈrekəmpensɪz/ /ˈrekəmpensɪz/ |
| past simple recompensed | /ˈrekəmpenst/ /ˈrekəmpenst/ |
| past participle recompensed | /ˈrekəmpenst/ /ˈrekəmpenst/ |
| -ing form recompensing | /ˈrekəmpensɪŋ/ /ˈrekəmpensɪŋ/ |
- recompense somebody (for something) to do something for somebody or give them a payment for something that they have suffered synonym compensate
- There was no attempt to recompense the miners for the loss of their jobs.
- Higher pay is on offer to recompense players for the extra hours they’ll be working.
- She believes that offenders should recompense their victims in some way.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.
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