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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
recompense /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/
▶verb
- 1 compensate (someone) for loss or harm.
■ pay or reward for effort or work.
■ make amends to or reward someone for (loss, harm, or effort).
- 2 archaic punish or reward appropriately.
- 1 compensation or reward.
- 2 archaic restitution made or punishment inflicted for a wrong or injury.
– origin ME: from OFr., from recompenser, from late L. recompensare, from L. re- ‘again’ + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.
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