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To make restitution, especially through payment
“We've paid all this money to recompense the music industry for piracy.”
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.”
To make amends to or reward someone for (loss, harm, or effort)
“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.”
To respond to a gesture or action with a corresponding one
To punish or impose a penalty on someone
To exact revenge or fight back
To be reconciled after a quarrel
To restore to a normal or correct state
Plural for compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made
“An appropriate sum in recompense was negotiated, the main beneficiary of which is a local center for disabled children.”
Plural for something given as a reward or remuneration for something done
(now literary) Plural for a reward, prize or recompense for a service
Plural for a counteracting weight or force
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