recompensing
/ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That provides recompense; rewarding, compensatory.
noun
The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation.
verb
present participle and gerund of recompense
Example Sentences
- "And such the recompensing Heav'n of those, / The happy few, who truly great of soul / Are masters of themselves [...]."
- "If the needy helper require regular protection, the recompensing employer must claim regular service [...]."
- "The lack of explicit reference to God as the subject of the recompensing activity is not crucial in this instance."
- "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."
- "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."
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɹɛkəmpɛnsɪŋ/