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recompensation

recompensation noun: synonym of compensation.

Noun

recompensation (countable and uncountable, plural recompensations)

  1. (proscribed, sometimes) Synonym of compensation.
    Synonyms:
    compensation
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) A plea in cases of debt collection whereby a plaintiff counters a defendant's claim of compensation as a reason for absolving the alleged debt.

recompensation meaning in Marathi and Kannada

recompensation in Marathi

recompensation, requital
परत parat

recompensation in Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿಫಲ, ನಷ್ಟ ಪರಿಹಾರ

Synonyms of recompensation

Forms of recompensation

pluralrecompensations

Origin of recompensation

From recompense + -ation. Equivalent to re- + compensation.

Questions about recompensation

What does recompensation mean?
Recompensation means synonym of compensation.
What is recompensation in Marathi?
Recompensation in Marathi is परत (parat). See Recompensation meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is recompensation?
Recompensation is a noun.
What is the plural of recompensation?
The plural of recompensation is recompensations.

Words near recompensation in the dictionary

  1. recompensable
  2. recompensate
  3. recompensated
  4. recompensates
  5. recompensating
  6. recompensation
  7. recompensations
  8. recompense
  9. recompensed
  10. recompenser
  11. recompensers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recompensation (page history and authors); परत (Marathi) (page history and authors); recompensation (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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