recompense

Meanings

Noun

• An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
• That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

Verb

• To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
• To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
• To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Related

Similar words

• meed
• payback
• recompence
• restitution

Origin

• From Middle English recompense, borrowed from Old French recompense or Medieval Latin recompensa.
• From Middle English recompensen, borrowed from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompenso, from Latin re- ("again") + compenso.