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Noun
Compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made
“A letter from the company's lawyers soon brought the newspaper to heel and an appropriate sum in recompense was negotiated, the main beneficiary of which is a local centre for disabled children.”
Verb
Pay back, make restitution
“We've paid all this money to recompense the music industry for piracy.”
Verb
To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
“Councillors are entitled to basic allowances to recompense them for the hours they put in sitting on committees and reading reports and agendas.”
Verb
To give what is owed for
“… that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month.”
Verb
“No one could fail to be moved by the statements of the family and no sentence I can pass may in any way recompense their loss.”
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