- recommendTo bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- refrainTo hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- redressTo put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- recompenseAn equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
- repastA meal.
- relentTo give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
- revetmentA layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
- renayTo renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
- remonstrateTo object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
- ravelinA kind of outwork; a freestanding, wedge-shaped fortification used to split an attacking force as they approach a larger fortress.
- re-again, anew
- retrousséTurned up, especially when describing the nose.
- revestTo dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
- revigorateTo give new vigour to.