to recompense
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns/
:
compensar
- She hopes to recompense her friend for the help she received when she was in a difficult situation.
What was stolen or lent must be recompensed.
- What was stolen or lent must be recompensed.
Examples
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What he means is the worker is being recompensed for his work, right?
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Then the discussion should move on to how to recompense the developing country's economists for all the warming that has occurred.
Blog text (30) -
His asking me to come is not to recompense me for years of being ignored by him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Nothing you could do could recompense me for what I've lost.
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Of course they can't really recompense you for this.
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He asks to be recompensed for these extraordinary losses.
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More recently, researchers are likely to recompense Indigenous people for their time, though there are still many instances when Indigenous people are interviewed without financial compensation.
Academic text (2005) -
She could not think of a single thing that would recompense him for so much lost time—in truth, the best years of his life.
Fiction book (1990) -
The company promised to recompense the employees for their extra hours worked during the busy season.
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To make amends, he offered to recompense her for the damage caused by his actions.
Synonyms
328
1.3
To give something to someone to thank them for doing something good
102
4.2
To give money to someone for loss, injury or unpaid work
89
2.7
To give something in return for help or kindness
63
5.3
To pay back money someone spent for you
6
8.7
To pay someone for loss, damage, or legal costs they suffer
3
9.9
To give something in return for someone's kindness or help
1
8.2
To pay someone for their work or services
To pay someone for work or help
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
recompense = compense (semi-transparent) = re + compense
Formally analysable as re- + compense, but 'compense' is rarer than the more familiar 'compensate', so learners may only partially infer meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Recompense comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and pensare 'to weigh', the same root as compensation. That idea of 'making things even' explains why to recompense someone is to pay or reward them to make up for harm or effort.