Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recompense

/ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: rec-om-pense
IPA: /ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.

verb

To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

verb

To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology."
"O let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, Who plead for love and look for recompense More than that tongue that more hath more express'd."
"She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst […]"
"He cannot recompense me better."
"The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100."
"Recompense to no man evil for evil."

Etymology

From Middle English recompense, borrowed from Old French recompense or Medieval Latin recompensa.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: recompense, recompensa, recompensen, recompenser, recompenso, re-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/
British English: /ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

recompenses (plural) recompence (alternative, obsolete) recompenses (present, singular) recompensing (participle, present) recompensed (participle, past) recompensed (past)

Derived Forms

overrecompensed recompensable recompensation recompensive underrecompensed unrecompensed

Frequently Paired Words

compensate recompensate

Synonyms

meed payback recompence amends remuneration restitution satisfaction acquittal assyth bote compensation indemnification

Rhymes With

sense defense defence intense hence offense expense fence dense tense immense pence

Questions

How do you pronounce recompense?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/.
What does recompense mean?: An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
Where does recompense come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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