recompence
recompence is the obsolete form of recompense.
Meaning of recompense
Noun
recompense (countable and uncountable, plural recompenses)
- An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
- Synonyms:
- meed, payback, recompence
- That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
- He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.
- Synonyms:
- amends, recompence, remuneration, restitution, satisfaction, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification
Forms of recompence
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | recompences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | recompences |
| present participle | recompencing |
| past participle | recompenced |
| past | recompenced |
Questions about recompence
- What is recompence the obsolete form of?
- Recompence is the obsolete form of recompense.
Words near recompence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: recompence (page history and authors); recompense (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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