Recompense

Noun

 * 1) That which compensates for an injury.
 * He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted as recompense was an apology.

Synonyms

 * restitution

Verb

 * 1) To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
 * 2) * 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
 * She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst [...].
 * 1) To give compensation for an injury.
 * The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.

Adjectives for Recompense
godlike; solid; immortal; earnest; noblest; friendly; generous; exciting; abundant; insufficient; scant.

Thesaurus
accord, amend, amends, atone, atone for, atonement, award, balance, balancing, blood money, comeuppance, commutation, compensate, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correct, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, cover, damages, desert, deserts, do penance, emend, expiate, expiation, expiatory offering, fee, fill up, fixing, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, grant, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnify, indemnity, just deserts, lex talionis, live down, make all square, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up for, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending, offset, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, paying back, peace offering, piaculum, prepay, price, propitiate, propitiation, punishment, put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, quittance, reclamation, rectification, rectify, redeem, redemption, redress, refund, reimburse, reimbursement, remedy, remit, remunerate, remuneration, render, repair, repairing, reparation, repay, repayment, reprisal, requital, requite, requitement, restitution, retaliate, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, salary, salvage, satisfaction, satisfy, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, smart money, solatium, square, square it, square things, squaring, substitution, tender, troubleshooting, vouchsafe, wergild, what is due, what is merited

Etymology
, from recompense:, from  recompenso:, from  re-: + compenso:

Noun

 * Arabic: مكافأة, بدل
 * French: récompense
 * Icelandic: bætur, þóknun
 * Norwegian: erstatning,


 * Scottish Gaelic: ath-dhìoladh
 * Turkish: mukafat, ödül,

Verb

 * French: récompenser
 * Icelandic: launa, borga bætur
 * Ido:


 * Norwegian: erstatte, gjengjelde
 * Scottish Gaelic: