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recompensing

UK/ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/

recompensing adjective: that provides recompense; rewarding, compensatory. Also the present participle and gerund of recompense.

Adjective

recompensing (comparative more recompensing, superlative most recompensing)

  1. That provides recompense; rewarding, compensatory.
    • And such the recompensing Heav'n of those, / The happy few, who truly great of soul / Are masters of themselves [...].c. 1761, William Julius Mickle, A Night Piece
    • If the needy helper require regular protection, the recompensing employer must claim regular service [...].1814, Fanny Burney, The Wanderer

Noun

recompensing (plural recompensings)

  1. The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation.
    • He bringeth counsellors also to a foolish end, when they do anything good even, with no good purpose, but are going after the recompensing of a temporal reward.1845, Oxford translation of Pope Gregory I, Morals on the Book of Job, III.11
    • But that it was by no means absent is shown by the numerous instances in Acts of the punishment of evildoers and the recompensing of the righteous.2010, Herbert McLachlan, St. Luke, the Man and his Work, page 250

Also used as

recompensing is also the present participle and gerund of recompense.

Forms of recompensing

Adjective
comparativemore recompensing
superlativemost recompensing
Noun
pluralrecompensings

Questions about recompensing

What does recompensing mean?
Recompensing means that provides recompense; rewarding, compensatory.
What part of speech is recompensing?
Recompensing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce recompensing?
Recompensing is pronounced /ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near recompensing in the dictionary

  1. recompenser
  2. recompensers
  3. recompenses
  4. recompensest
  5. recompenseth
  6. recompensing
  7. recompensings
  8. recompensive
  9. recompete
  10. recompeted
  11. recompetes

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