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  • Conjugation : past  recompensed ; ing  recompensing
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

recompense ['rεkəm.pεns] ['rekəmpens]
  1. 1. vt. 酬报回报某人
  2. 2. vt. 赔偿补偿损失等)
  3. 3. noun 报酬
  4. 4. noun 赔偿补偿

Collins English-English Dictionary

recompense ['rεkəm"pεns]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to pay or reward for service, work, etc
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to compensate for loss, injury, etc
  3. 3. n compensation for loss, injury, etc
    to make recompense
  4. 4. n reward, remuneration, or repayment
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C15: from Old French recompenser, from Latin re- + compensare to balance in weighing; see compensate

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