recompence

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A form of recompense — An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.

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Meanings

nounrecompence (countable and uncountable, plural recompences)

plural recompences

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of recompense.

    The fees , or allowances , that are termly given to these deputies , receiver , and clerks , for recompence of these their pains , I do purposely pretermit ; because they be not certain , but arbitrary

    c. 1598, Francis Bacon, An Account of […] Compositions for Alienations
verbrecompence (third-person singular simple present recompences, present participle recompencing, simple past and past participle recompenced)

present singular third person recompences · participle present recompencing · participle past recompenced · past recompenced

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of recompense.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
recompense
Cite this entry
APA

recompence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompence

MLA

“recompence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recompence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompence.

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