recompense

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled recompence

US /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/ UK /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
compensation or reward for loss, effort, or service

He received little recompense for his years of labor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · compensation or reward for... compensate reimburse repay reward remunerate reparation

Word family

Related forms recompensation compensate compensation

Simplified etymology

Recompense entered English in late Middle English and originally meant “to weigh one thing against another.” It belongs to the word family derived from Latin pendere.

Etymology

From Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare ('to repay'), from re- ('again') + compensare ('to weigh against, balance'), from com- + pensare ('to weigh').

recompensare Late Latin pensare Latin

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General Vocabulary

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# recompense

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/

## Meanings
1. compensation or reward for loss, effort, or service

## Examples
- He received little recompense for his years of labor.

## Synonyms
- compensate
- reimburse
- repay
- reward
- remunerate
- reparation

## Related Forms
- recompensation
- compensate
- compensation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: recompensare
- Root: pensare

## Etymology
From Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare ('to repay'), from re- ('again') + compensare ('to weigh against, balance'), from com- + pensare ('to weigh').

## AI Etymology
Recompense is from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare ('to repay'), from re- ('again') + compensare ('to weigh against, balance'), from com- + pensare ('to weigh'). In present-day use, it means compensation or reward for loss, effort, or service. Related vocabulary includes recompensation, compensate, and compensation.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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