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Meanings of recompense in English

Portuguese
pagar
Catalan
indemnitzar
Spanish
indemnisar

Make amends for; pay compensation for.

        pagar
        Portuguese
        compensação
        Catalan
        compensació
        Spanish
        compensación

        The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.

              compensação
              Usage of recompense in English
              1
              But here is another side to the matter; the question of recompense.
              The Hollow of Her Hand
              2
              In former times they were not hereditary, but the recompense of valor.
              The Iliad of Homer / Translated into English Blank Verse by Will...
              3
              The heart cries out fiercely for its recompense; is loath to wait.
              Beulah
              4
              She had her recompense in the restoration of her son to life.
              The Woman's Bible
              5
              Caroline, no doubt in recompense of all the evil he had done.
              Doctor Pascal
              6
              She is to be depended upon; a magnificent recompense ensures her discretion.
              The Lerouge Case
              7
              Theodosius Gaza had no other recompense for having inscribed to Sixtus IV.
              Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
              8
              In taking up this subject I seek no recompense- Ifearno consequence.
              The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights ...
              9
              But their enthusiasm also met with a poor recompense in this quarter.
              Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era
              10
              Lucian owed him so much money he gave Alfie paintings as recompense.
              The Guardian
              11
              To see nails in your dreams, indicates much toil and small recompense.
              Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
              12
              I only ask as a recompense the honour of kissing your hand.
              The Peasant and the Prince
              13
              This was the recompense of which she had dreamed through soul-tearing ages.
              Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
              14
              He subjects you to trial now, in order to recompense you hereafter.
              Paul and Virginia
              15
              Priceless indeed were her services, and priceless was the recompense she received.
              The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 / Devoted t...
              16
              And to myself I thought of what recompense already had been mine.
              The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sie...
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              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Rare