recompense
verb
[ ˈrɛkəmpɛns ]
• make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate.
• "offenders should recompense their victims"
recompense
noun
• compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made.
• "adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs"
Similar:
compensation,
reparation,
restitution,
indemnification,
indemnity,
reimbursement,
repayment,
reward,
redress,
satisfaction,
quid pro quo,
guerdon,
meed,
solatium,
Origin:
late 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’.
