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Meaning of recompense

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recompense
      n 1: payment or reward (as for service rendered)
      2: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn:
         {recompense}, {compensation}]
      v 1: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
           repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
           Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the
           accident" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {repair},
           {indemnify}]
      2: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
         remunerated" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {remunerate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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