RECOMPENSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does recompense mean?
• RECOMPENSE (noun)
The noun RECOMPENSE has 2 senses:
1. payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Familiarity information: RECOMPENSE used as a noun is rare.
• RECOMPENSE (verb)
The verb RECOMPENSE has 2 senses:
1. make amends for; pay compensation for
2. make payment to; compensate
Familiarity information: RECOMPENSE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECOMPENSE (noun)
Meaning:
Payment or reward (as for service rendered)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("recompense" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recompense"):
adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)
compensation (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))
Meaning:
The act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
recompense; compensation
Hypernyms ("recompense" is a kind of...):
correction; rectification (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recompense"):
indemnification (an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance)
• RECOMPENSE (verb)
Meaning:
Make amends for; pay compensation for
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recompense; compensate; indemnify; repair
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "recompense" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recompense"):
give (deliver in exchange or recompense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make payment to; compensate
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
remunerate; recompense; compensate
Context example:
My efforts were not remunerated
Hypernyms (to "recompense" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recompense"):
recoup; reimburse (reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
