Associations to the word «Recompense»

Wiktionary

RECOMPENSE, noun. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
RECOMPENSE, noun. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
RECOMPENSE, verb. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
RECOMPENSE, verb. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
RECOMPENSE, verb. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Dictionary definition

RECOMPENSE, noun. Payment or reward (as for service rendered).
RECOMPENSE, noun. The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
RECOMPENSE, verb. 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".
RECOMPENSE, verb. Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King