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Noun recompense has 2 senses

recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered)
--₁ is a kind of payment
--₁ has particulars: allowance, adjustment; compensation
Derived form: verb recompense₂
recompense, compensation - the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
--₂ is a kind of correction, rectification
--₂ has particulars: indemnification
Derived form: verb recompense₂

Verb recompense has 2 senses

compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify - make amends 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"
--₁ is one way to pay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
compensate, recompense, remunerate - make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
--₂ is one way to pay

Derived forms: noun recompense₂, noun recompense₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody