Antonyms for recompense

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rek-uhm-pens

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk əmˌpɛns

Definition of recompense

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French recompense (13c.), related to recompenser "make good, recompense" from Late Latin recompensare (see recompense (v.)).

noun something returned, paid back
verb pay back, make restitution

Example sentences :

This was the recompense of which she had dreamed through soul-tearing ages.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

This they did as a recompense for our valour and devotion in our country's service.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

But beyond his emoluments as a partner in the invention, Alfred Vail had no recompense.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

In the end he waited; and had his disappointment for recompense.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

And to myself I thought of what recompense already had been mine.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

It has passed out of history, and its victims to their rest and recompense.
Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch

Present privation was to have had its recompense—at least we thought so.'
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

There is no sentiment of gratitude, or recompense, or reward in the gift.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Were they better treated, and did they receive any recompense?
Extract from : « Les Parsis » by D. Menant

I will let you have it without any recompense because she must have a shelter.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for recompense

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