The meaning of recompense is to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred). How to use recompense in a sentence. See examples of recompense used in a sentence.
Definition of recompense noun from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary. If you recompense someone for their efforts or their loss, you give them something, usually money, as a payment or reward. Recompensed the victims of the accident.
If you look closely at recompense, you'll see how similar it is to compensate, which means to make amends for something or to pay. The obligation of recompense is a general one,..by which a party who has gained through another's loss or outlay, is bound to indemnify the latter, without any agreement to that effect. He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted as recompense was an apology.
Feb 12, 2026recompense (countable and uncountable, plural recompenses) an equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered;
