1. (v.t.)recompense to makepayment or return to, as for work done, injury sustained, or favors received.
2. recompense to pay or give compensation for; make restitution for.
3. (v.i.)recompense to make compensation or return for something; repay or requite someone.
4. (n.)recompense a repayment, requital, or reward, as for services, gifts, or favors.
5. recompense compensation, as for an injury; reparation.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < MF recompenser < LL recompēnsāre= L re-re - +compēnsāre (see compensate ))
Definition of 'recompense'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)recompense payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2. (verb)recompense, compensation the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
3. (verb)compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify makeamends 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"
4. (verb)compensate, recompense, remunerate makepayment to; compensate "My efforts were not remunerated"
Definition of 'recompense'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)recompense an equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return
2. (verb)recompense to render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate
Definitions of recompense 
Afrikaans: vergoeding
Arabic: جَزاء، مُكافأه، تَعْويض
Bulgarian: отплата
Brazilian: recompensa
Czech: náhrada, odměna
German: die Entschädigung
Danish: godtgørelse
Greek: αποζημίωση, ανταμοιβή
Spanish: recompensa
Estonian: hüvitus
Farsi: تاوان؛ غرامت
Finnish: korvaus
French: récompense, dédommagement
Hebrew: פִּיצוּי
Hindi: इनाम, पुरस्कार, क्षतिपूर्
Croatian: nadoknada, odšteta
Hungarian: kárpótlás
Indonesian: imbalan
Icelandic: bætur; þóknun
Italian: ricompensa, compenso
Japanese: 償い
Korean: 배상금
Lithuanian: atlyginimas, kompensacija
Latvian: kompensācija, atlīdzība
Malay: ganti-rugi
Dutch: beloning
Norwegian: godtgjørelse, erstatning
Polish: rekompensata, wynagrodzen
Persian: تاوان؛ غرامت
Pashto: ورګرځول (عوض وركول)، بدله
Portuguese: recompensa
Romanian: recompensă, despăgub
Russian: компенсация; вознагражден
Slovak: náhrada; odmena, odškodné
Slovenian: nadomestilo
Serbian: naknada
Swedish: gottgörelse, ersättning
Thai: ค่าชดเชย
Turkish: tazmin
Taiwanese: 報酬
Ukrainian: компенсація
Urdu: معاوضہ
Vietnamese: sự đền bù
Chinese: 报酬
