recompensen.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkəmpɛns/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns/

Forms: late Middle English recompens, late Middle English recoumpence, late Middle English–1800s recompence, late Middle English– recompense; Scottish pre-1700 racumpans, pre-1700 recompance, pre-1700 recompans, pre-1700 recompanse, pre-1700 recompens, pre-1700 reconpans, pre-1700 1700s–1800s recompence, pre-1700 1700s– recompense.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French recompense; Latin recompensa.

Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French recompense, recompence (French récompense ) compensation (c1365), return for exertion, services, or merit (1413; < recompenser recompense v.), and partly < post-classical Latin recompensa compensation, reward (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < recompensare recompense v. Compare Old Occitan recompensa (14th cent). Compare recompensation n., recompense v.Forms ending in -ence predominate in the early modern period. Compare:1643 R. Hodges Special Help Orthogr. 26 It is to bee observed also, that when a word ends in ence, if it bee a noun, it is usually writen with ce in the end, as..a recompence: but if it bee a verb, it is writen with se in the end, as..to recompense.

1. Reparation made for a wrong done; atonement or satisfaction for a misdeed or offence; an instance of this. Esp. in to make recompense.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun]

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edbotec1315

amendmentc1325

amendsc1330

assethe1340

enoughbote1340

satisfaction1340

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redemptiona1400

curation?c1400

amends making?a1425

mends-makinga1425

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1372 (MED) Priam..Sendeth to ȝou, besechyng..Þat ȝe wil don ȝour besy diligence, To make to hym þis litel recompense.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 9877 (MED) Þis she dede to make a recompence Of crystys chorgynge to þe byttyr peyn.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 97 (MED) Let hym nat escape out of your daungere, Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. vi. D A thefe..maketh recompence with all the good of his house.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 36 And also make recompence and restitution vnto him for the hurtes and harmes that his Normanes had done.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 248 Sin cannot be taken away by recompence.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 335 This Festival is said to have been first instituted by Theseus, as a recompence of his Ingratitude to her.

1760 Patrington Haven Act 23 To make such recompence..for any damage or spoil that may be done.

1798 E. Inchbald tr. A. von Kotzebue Lovers' Vows iv. ii. 64 Count. Did your villain atone? Baron. No: when his reason was matured, he wished to make some recompense; but his endeavours were too late.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. iv. 328 Noble matrons, who knew sorrows for which neither their rank and affluence, no, nor the possessions of ten kingdoms could make recompense.

1885 Musical Times 26 199/1 Nor could Mdlle. la Guerre herself, when liberated, and in her right mind, make recompense.

1956 Times 15 May 4/7 Greensmith more than made recompense for his dropping of Hallam..at deep square leg.

2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 5 If you don't..start making recompense for a hurtful comment, then it could corrode your relationship.

†2. Retribution for an injury or offence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 3256 (MED) What maner cryme..Hastow wrouȝt to han swiche recompense?

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. 89 (MED) Ful horrible was ther iniquite..Sharp mortal suerd made the recompence.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 b If they would not..consent.., for theyr recompence, all they within the Castle should continue slaues.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xvii. 23 Afterward he will rise vp and reward them, and render their recompence vpon their heads.

1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) iii. 39 Perth vow'd revenge, in dreadful ire, A recompense with sword and fire.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 38 Such is the tyrants' recompense: 'tis just: He who is evil can receive no good.

3. Compensation or return for trouble, exertion, services, or merit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun]

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 4619 (MED) Trowe ȝe þei wil so lyȝtly go Home in-to Grece with-outen recompense?

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 239 All haill almoist thai mak the coist With sobir recompence.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C5^v His louely words her seemd due recompence Of all her passed paines.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 45 This long continued state of youth is no doubt the recompence of her extraordinary vertue.

1730 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 3–10 Sept. 2/2 Renown and Applause have always been the recompence of true Merit.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) I. i. ii. 81 The riches which he amassed..were a recompense amply sufficient.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xvi. 131 At each coming she had spoken kind words, and had left behind her liberal recompense for the trouble which she gave.

1935 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 155 For the enormous services of legalizing the Carolingian monarchy, the Pope was soon in a position to claim a commensurate recompense.

2007 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 29 May 12 These roles, although basically ceremonial, were in some ways recompense for services rendered over a number of years.

4. Return or repayment for a thing given or received.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > repayment

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recouperation1865

recoup1904

balloon1972

the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > return or repayment for something given

recompense1439

repensation1579

mense?1775

1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 390 (MED) Þe Kyng..wold put hym effectuely in hys devoir to entrete hys..soubgetz..that for rasonable recompense..the wold be agreed to departe fro thair..possessyons.

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 225 The emperour..that ryche purpyl palle..yaf Palamedon..For the qwyche yifft in parte to make recompens, He louyd him as prynce.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiv. f. c^v When thou makest a diner, or a supper: call not thy frendes..lest they bidde the agayne, and make the recompence.

1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents sig. B2 He that is desirous..to be continually made acquainted with your publique Intelligences..will haue a mutuall regard of frendly correspondence, by some returne of priuate Nouels, or other recompense.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 5 This is to giue a dogge, and in recompence desire my dogge againe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 424 The Sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations.

1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 2. 144 The true philosopher..sees himself possessed of all this by the immediate kindness of a power which claims from him no other recompense but his enjoying them.

1783 W. Cruise Ess. Common Recoveries 116 In the preceding modes of barring estates tail..the recompense in value..was a real and bona fide recompence.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) V. 432 Seven of the petitions were by fathers upon the marriage of their sons, and an equal recompence given.

1907 Catholic Encycl. II. 369/2 Recompense for services and money loaned.

2007 Express (Nexis) 22 May 67 He did not want any financial recompense for his huge investment.

a. Compensation for a loss or injury sustained.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > for loss or damage

recompense1473

assythmentc1540

emends1542

reprise?1577

assything1708

indemnification1732

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1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 67 Gevin..to ane Inglisman in the recompens of his schip and gudis.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 44 Thoght his pene purly me payis..His purse pays richely in recompense efter.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 51 There is some recompence due unto me, sithens ten of my people haue beene slaine, and but eight of this my neighbours.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 981 No mean recompence it brings To your behoof, if I that Region lost.

1750 T. Secker Serm. 11 Mar. (1771) 194 All Mischief of all Kinds befall us,..through the whole Course of Life, unalleviated by a Prospect of Recompense after Death.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 58 Have you secured no recompence for such a waste of honour?

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. ii. 475 He may, perhaps, have looked to some recompence for the temporary sacrifice of his pride.

1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights I. 30 She arose and condoled with him, saying, Allah increase thy recompense for the loss of Abu al-Hasan al-Khali'a!

1925 W. Cather Professor's House i. xiii. 148 I have certainly been ill-used—and..it's difficult to get recompense when I ask for it so late.

1993 I. Watson Inquisitor (BNC) 148 A billion people seeking some slight recompense for the waste of their lives.

†b. Compensation for a defect or imperfection. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 256 The signification of their names cannot be made known..by any shewing; but in recompence thereof, may be..exactly defined.

6. Scots Law. A claim of restitution raised when one person has been unjustly enriched at the expense of another who had no intention of donation.

ΚΠ

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. viii. 85 The other Obligation of Recompence, is, for what whereby we are inriched by anothers Means, without purpose of Donation, which is only presumed in few Cases, even he who mala fide, buildeth upon another Mans Ground,..hathe Recompence by the owner, in quantum lucratus.

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. 414 By the usage of Scotland, the claim of recompence is, in the case of repairing an house by a liferenter or adjudger, restricted to such expences as are profitable to the owner.

1834 W. Blair Sc. Justices' Man. 275 The obligation of recompense is a general one,..by which a party who has gained through another's loss or outlay, is bound to indemnify the latter, without any agreement to that effect.

1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 73 Recompense, a form of quasi-contract binding a person, who has made a gain out of what has caused loss to another, to recoup that other.

2000 R. Zimmermann & S. Whittaker Good Faith in European Contract Law 430 The case is a typical one of recompense where a party has supplied goods under a contract but has departed from the contractual terms so that a claim for the contract price is excluded.

Phrases

† in recompense of (also for) Obsolete in payment of, as an equivalent or compensation for.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > in payment of

in recompense of1439

in full (also some, etc.) recompensation of1562

1439 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1838) V. 13 Whiche maner of Mekilfeld I haue graunted bi my dede to John Olneston..in recompence and satisfacion for cc marc whiche..his fader before payed.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 23702 (MED) The childre of Israel took of Egypt the Tresour In recompense of her labour.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 193 For which consideration, as in recompense of theire office, they had grete salares and stode in grete honour and worship.

1542 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 157 In full recompence of certen landes in Methley.

1581 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 142 To my doghter..vs, in recompence of her childes porcion.

c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 27 They get ay a good goosheid In recompense of all thair pane.

1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 459 He obtayned Auignon..and the countie of Nice, of Lewis king of Naples, in recompence of the tribute due to the Church of Rome.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 51 One of the Ladies in the Masque to night has taken a liking to you; and sent you by me this purse of gold, in recompence of that she saw you lose.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iv. 54 The service, which..he was bound to render, in recompense for the land he held.

1836 tr. L.-J. Blachette & F.-S. Zoéga Man. Art Making & Refining Sugar from Beets 7 A gold medal, in recompense of the services he had rendered to the manufacture of beet sugar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

recompensev.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkəmpɛns/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns/

Forms: late Middle English–1700s recompence, late Middle English– recompense; Scottish pre-1700 racompense, pre-1700 recompance, pre-1700 recompans, pre-1700 recompanse, pre-1700 recompence, pre-1700 recompens, pre-1700 recumpanse, pre-1700 1700s– recompense.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French recompenser; Latin recompensare.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French recompenser (French récompenser ) to compensate, to make up for (1322 in Old French), to reward, requite, or repay (a person) for an action, service, or merit (a1349) and its etymon post-classical Latin recompensare to give in return, to give in compensation (6th cent.), to bear in mind, think over (10th cent.) < classical Latin re- re- prefix + compēnsāre compensate v. Compare Old Occitan recompensar (14th cent.), Catalan recompensar (15th cent.), Spanish recompensar (late 15th cent.), Portuguese recompensar (14th cent.), Italian ricompensare (a1342). Compare compense v.

a. transitive. To reward, requite, or repay (a person) for something done or given. Also with for, †of (the thing done); by, with (the return made). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)]

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to pay home1542

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munerate1595

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] > give as a reward

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1422 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 96 Being for his said service never yit recompensed ne rewarded.

1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 11 (MED) He..asked ayen if we wold forbere and absteyne and be recompensed therfor.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. i He wold thenne haue recompensed hym of the good whiche he had done to hym.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 160 They recompensed owre men with many rewardes.

1590 H. Roberts Defiance to Fortune sig. E Hauing obtained his desire, recompensing his host for the charge bestowed,..he is departed towards Siena.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. I2^v We vowe..to recompence any man that bringeth Andrugio's head.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxiv. 67 Thou, who hast taught me to forgive the ill, And recompense, as friends the good, misled.

1719 Free-thinker No. 87. 1 Will the Student's Labour recompence him with large Possessions..?

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VI. lx. 128 Their military talents were unfitly recompensed by the lucrative offices of judges and treasurers.

1798 G. Papendick tr. A. von Kotzebue Stranger iii. iii. 45 They fancy that they have recompensed a man for the most essential services, if they but allow him the honour to eat with them.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. iv. 118 Be his To recompense, who sees and can reward thee.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 82 Thus he who acted kindly to the undeserving is recompensed in the same manner as the aider of Umm A'mir.

1886 R. Burton Arabian Nights vi I will recompense her tomorrow for the kind deed she hath done.

1976 C. Dexter Last seen Wearing xxx. 211 School masters, even experienced second masters, aren't all that highly recompensed.

2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 17 They [sc. farmers] won't be recompensed for their work.

b. transitive. To compensate, or make amends to (a person) for a loss or injury sustained. Also with for, †of (the loss sustained); by, with (the compensation made). Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > for an offence or loss

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1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 37 (MED) He recompensyng my seid Lord..with oþer lordships and landes..may do in þat cas as it shal lyke unto hym.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 295 (MED) A man fischenge with a hoke of golde..losenge hit, can not be recompensede by takenge of fische.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 10 Aman..ought to holde him self recompensed whan his aduerse partie required of him pardon.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxiiij^v [He] sendeth worde to the Cities..that they shoulde recompence hym for the iniuryes done.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 18 To recompense him of his expenssis..in comming to Scotland.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian If I be devoured, be it your part, Sir, to recompence my children for their fathers death.

1689 P. Bellon tr. C. Bernard Count of Amboise i. 42 It may well be due to me to recompense me of all that which you detain from me.

1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Sept. (1965) I. 14 The kindness of your last recompenses me for the injustice of your former letter.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 95 Out of his Goods or Lands, the innocent Person is quadruply recompensed for the Loss of his Time.

1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος II. 328 We, therefore, now recompensed ourselves for the four banyan, or fasting, days which we had undergone.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. vi. 193 He was happy in the return he had made her, he was recompensed for his suffering.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love viii. 112 He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up.

1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart 836 No official action was ever taken to apprehend the offenders or to recompense Logan for the loss of his entire family.

a. transitive. To compensate or make up for (a loss, injury, defect, etc.); †to take the place of (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > supplant, replace [verb (transitive)]

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recompense?a1439

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 3849 (MED) What mihte beste ther sorwes recompence?

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. 661 (MED) Nero..Leet beelde an hous..To recompence the tothir that was old.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 126 Quhethir harnes lent and tynt jn weris suld be restorit, and recompensit, agayne to the lennaris of jt.

1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 13 There was evensong song of our Lady, very freshely, to recompense the deul bifore.

1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers 222 Whatsoeuer you lose in this world..it shall be here recompenced with double.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. iv. 172 The length of the journey will be recompensed by the goodnesse of the way.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. vii. 83 Another [ship] may arrive loaden with such riches as may recompence the loss of the former.

1772 S. Johnson Let. 3 Dec. (1992) I. 413 I found two letters here to recompense my disappointment at Ashbourne.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. i. 2 A gladness to his heart that recompensed all he had suffered.

1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe viii. 112 The one moment of happiness, that recompensed years of sorrow, had been her last.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 A gracious, benevolent, and all-powerful being, who would one day redress all wrongs and recompense all pain.

1978 M. Macdonald Rich are with you Always (BNC) 271 She still hadn't got much in the way of new property to recompense her loss.

2007 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph (Nexis) 12 July 14 Building nice modern estates, with ornamental specimens [sc. of trees], does not recompense the loss of mature native specimens and their root systems.

†b. transitive. To make compensation or atonement for (a misdeed or wrong committed). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]

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to pay for——c1400

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propitiate1610

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 884 (MED) Blood will vengid be, To recompense the wrong off his kynreede.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Expos. Pater Noster (Laud Misc. 683) in Minor Poems (1911) i. 64 (MED) Tyl cleer confessioun our gyltes recompense.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 11 To recompense suche neglygence; seuen tymes on the day we do seruice to God.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 95 b Worthy fruicts of penance, quhairbe we recompense..the faults and sinnes of our former lyf.

1611 Bible (King James) Num. v. 8 If the man haue no kinsman to recompense the trespasse vnto, let the trespasse be recompensed vnto the Lord.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 746 In some part to recompense My rash but more unfortunate misdeed.

1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. 38 His lifted Arm descends with ling'ring Sway, But heavier Strokes will recompence Delay.

1837 R. Browning Strafford iv. iii. 103 We have done Less gallantly by Strafford! Well, the future Must recompense the past.

c. transitive. To make a repayment or requital for (something done or given).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > an action

yieldOE

acquitc1330

requitec1440

recompensea1450

paya1500

quitc1515

requit1532

reacquite1534

repay1557

quittance1590

retribute1612

a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 484 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 385 (MED) Kyng Offa..Alle these thyngis kyngly to recompense, Thouhte he was bounde..Him to guerdone with sum prerogatiff.

c1450 (?1429) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 213 (MED) Vpon ther giltes rewe, And ther demerites by dome nat recompence.

1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 73/1 Provided..that this Acte..extend not..to any Graunte..made by the Kyng, of any of the premisses eschaunged, sold, or recompensed by the Kyng.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 681/1 I recompence ones servyce or a good tourne doone to me.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme ciii. 38 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 156 He doth not..recompence Vnto vs each offence, With due reueng.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 129 His death was recompensed with the slaughter of Categerne.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 441 Sav'd from Danger, with a grateful Sence, The Labours of a God we recompence.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. i. 139 It is our Duty to recompense God's Goodness, and render again according to Benefits received.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 1 Natural piety to feel Your love, and recompense the boon with mine.

1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 79/1 Such a deed ought to be recompensed.

1992 J. Nelson Charles the Bald (BNC) 90 A few months later, Louis the German, thinking his loyalty in 830 inadequately recompensed, marched into Alemannia.

†3. intransitive. To make repayment, return, or amends. Also with on. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > make a return [verb (intransitive)] > make requital

recompense?a1439

repay1530

retribute1622

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (intransitive)]

quit1378

recompense1742

clear1753

settle1788

square1821

to straighten up1914

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 3899 (MED) Vengable cruelte Off riht requereth..Blood shad for blood iustli to recompence.

c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1911) 26 171 (MED) Yit must thou recompence For alle that euer thou hast sayde byfore.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxii. 25 But Ezechias recompensed not accordinge as was geuen vnto him.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 256 He that endamageth any manne: as the losse or hinderaunce shalbe valewed, so muste he of force recompence.

1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. a ij This, though it..takes up longer time for their study, yet it recompenceth with great advantages.

1742 Ld. Murkle Reporter: Information for Hugh Rose of Kilravock 23 June 19 Sir William offered to recompense on the other Debts paid by his Grandfather.

1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments ii. §i. i. 144 To punish, too, is to recompense, to remunerate, though in a different manner.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 822 The Court found generally, that he might re-compense on any other debts.

†4. transitive. To give in repayment or return; to mete out in requital. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > do (something) in requital

recompense1526

requitea1547

repay1553

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 17 Recompence to no man evyll for evyll.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. i. 6 It is verely a rightewes thynge with god to recompence tribulacion to them thet trouble you.

1593 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence (rev. ed.) 46 With death, death must be recompenced.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezekiel xi. 21 I wil recompense their way vpon their owne heads.

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 86 This act of spight was fully afterwards recompensed upon their heads that did it.

a1791 J. Gillespie Serm. (1796) x. 309 When God renders to every man according to his deeds, and recompenses tribulation to the oppressors of this earth, he will recompense our troubles and labours of love.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	recompense
释义	recompensen. Brit. /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/, U.S. /ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns/ Forms: late Middle English recompens, late Middle English recoumpence, late Middle English–1800s recompence, late Middle English– recompense; Scottish pre-1700 racumpans, pre-1700 recompance, pre-1700 recompans, pre-1700 recompanse, pre-1700 recompens, pre-1700 reconpans, pre-1700 1700s–1800s recompence, pre-1700 1700s– recompense. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French recompense; Latin recompensa. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French recompense, recompence (French récompense ) compensation (c1365), return for exertion, services, or merit (1413; < recompenser recompense v.), and partly < post-classical Latin recompensa compensation, reward (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < recompensare recompense v. Compare Old Occitan recompensa (14th cent). Compare recompensation n., recompense v.Forms ending in -ence predominate in the early modern period. Compare:1643 R. Hodges Special Help Orthogr. 26 It is to bee observed also, that when a word ends in ence, if it bee a noun, it is usually writen with ce in the end, as..a recompence: but if it bee a verb, it is writen with se in the end, as..to recompense. 1. Reparation made for a wrong done; atonement or satisfaction for a misdeed or offence; an instance of this. Esp. in to make recompense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] boot971 edbotec1315 amendmentc1325 amendsc1330 assethe1340 enoughbote1340 satisfaction1340 redress1384 menda1400 redemptiona1400 curation?c1400 amends making?a1425 mends-makinga1425 recompensec1425 expiation1482 agreement1526 contentation1535 sythmentc1540 syth1567 atonement-making1587 atonement1611 piation1623 atone1868 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1372 (MED) Priam..Sendeth to ȝou, besechyng..Þat ȝe wil don ȝour besy diligence, To make to hym þis litel recompense. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 9877 (MED) Þis she dede to make a recompence Of crystys chorgynge to þe byttyr peyn. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 97 (MED) Let hym nat escape out of your daungere, Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. vi. D A thefe..maketh recompence with all the good of his house. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 36 And also make recompence and restitution vnto him for the hurtes and harmes that his Normanes had done. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 248 Sin cannot be taken away by recompence. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 335 This Festival is said to have been first instituted by Theseus, as a recompence of his Ingratitude to her. 1760 Patrington Haven Act 23 To make such recompence..for any damage or spoil that may be done. 1798 E. Inchbald tr. A. von Kotzebue Lovers' Vows iv. ii. 64 Count. Did your villain atone? Baron. No: when his reason was matured, he wished to make some recompense; but his endeavours were too late. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. iv. 328 Noble matrons, who knew sorrows for which neither their rank and affluence, no, nor the possessions of ten kingdoms could make recompense. 1885 Musical Times 26 199/1 Nor could Mdlle. la Guerre herself, when liberated, and in her right mind, make recompense. 1956 Times 15 May 4/7 Greensmith more than made recompense for his dropping of Hallam..at deep square leg. 2007 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 5 If you don't..start making recompense for a hurtful comment, then it could corrode your relationship. †2. Retribution for an injury or offence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 3256 (MED) What maner cryme..Hastow wrouȝt to han swiche recompense? a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. 89 (MED) Ful horrible was ther iniquite..Sharp mortal suerd made the recompence. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 b If they would not..consent.., for theyr recompence, all they within the Castle should continue slaues. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xvii. 23 Afterward he will rise vp and reward them, and render their recompence vpon their heads. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) iii. 39 Perth vow'd revenge, in dreadful ire, A recompense with sword and fire. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 38 Such is the tyrants' recompense: 'tis just: He who is evil can receive no good. 3. Compensation or return for trouble, exertion, services, or merit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] shipec1000 rightOE yielda1200 hire?c1225 foryieldinga1300 tithinga1300 rentc1300 lowera1325 guerdon?a1366 recompensationa1382 retributionc1384 reward?1387 reguerdona1393 rewardon?a1400 mercimonyc1400 pensionc1400 remunerationc1400 recompensec1425 wardonc1480 salary1484 premiationa1513 requital1556 repayment1561 requite1561 renumeration1572 remisea1578 lieu1592 reguerdonment1599 gratulation1611 muneration1611 requit1786 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 4619 (MED) Trowe ȝe þei wil so lyȝtly go Home in-to Grece with-outen recompense? a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 239 All haill almoist thai mak the coist With sobir recompence. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C5^v His louely words her seemd due recompence Of all her passed paines. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 45 This long continued state of youth is no doubt the recompence of her extraordinary vertue. 1730 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 3–10 Sept. 2/2 Renown and Applause have always been the recompence of true Merit. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) I. i. ii. 81 The riches which he amassed..were a recompense amply sufficient. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xvi. 131 At each coming she had spoken kind words, and had left behind her liberal recompense for the trouble which she gave. 1935 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 155 For the enormous services of legalizing the Carolingian monarchy, the Pope was soon in a position to claim a commensurate recompense. 2007 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 29 May 12 These roles, although basically ceremonial, were in some ways recompense for services rendered over a number of years. 4. Return or repayment for a thing given or received. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > repayment again-gift1340 repayment1421 recompense1439 refoundiment1555 paying back1598 refaction1640 refundment1665 refund1711 recouperation1865 recoup1904 balloon1972 the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > return or repayment for something given recompense1439 repensation1579 mense?1775 1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 390 (MED) Þe Kyng..wold put hym effectuely in hys devoir to entrete hys..soubgetz..that for rasonable recompense..the wold be agreed to departe fro thair..possessyons. J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 225 The emperour..that ryche purpyl palle..yaf Palamedon..For the qwyche yifft in parte to make recompens, He louyd him as prynce. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiv. f. c^v When thou makest a diner, or a supper: call not thy frendes..lest they bidde the agayne, and make the recompence. 1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents sig. B2 He that is desirous..to be continually made acquainted with your publique Intelligences..will haue a mutuall regard of frendly correspondence, by some returne of priuate Nouels, or other recompense. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 5 This is to giue a dogge, and in recompence desire my dogge againe. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 424 The Sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations. View more context for this quotation 1760 C. Lennox Lady's Museum No. 2. 144 The true philosopher..sees himself possessed of all this by the immediate kindness of a power which claims from him no other recompense but his enjoying them. 1783 W. Cruise Ess. Common Recoveries 116 In the preceding modes of barring estates tail..the recompense in value..was a real and bona fide recompence. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) V. 432 Seven of the petitions were by fathers upon the marriage of their sons, and an equal recompence given. 1907 Catholic Encycl. II. 369/2 Recompense for services and money loaned. 2007 Express (Nexis) 22 May 67 He did not want any financial recompense for his huge investment. 5. a. Compensation for a loss or injury sustained. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > for loss or damage recompense1473 assythmentc1540 emends1542 reprise?1577 assything1708 indemnification1732 make-up1817 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 67 Gevin..to ane Inglisman in the recompens of his schip and gudis. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 44 Thoght his pene purly me payis..His purse pays richely in recompense efter. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 51 There is some recompence due unto me, sithens ten of my people haue beene slaine, and but eight of this my neighbours. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 981 No mean recompence it brings To your behoof, if I that Region lost. View more context for this quotation 1750 T. Secker Serm. 11 Mar. (1771) 194 All Mischief of all Kinds befall us,..through the whole Course of Life, unalleviated by a Prospect of Recompense after Death. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvi. 58 Have you secured no recompence for such a waste of honour? 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xi. ii. 475 He may, perhaps, have looked to some recompence for the temporary sacrifice of his pride. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights I. 30 She arose and condoled with him, saying, Allah increase thy recompense for the loss of Abu al-Hasan al-Khali'a! 1925 W. Cather Professor's House i. xiii. 148 I have certainly been ill-used—and..it's difficult to get recompense when I ask for it so late. 1993 I. Watson Inquisitor (BNC) 148 A billion people seeking some slight recompense for the waste of their lives. †b. Compensation for a defect or imperfection. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 256 The signification of their names cannot be made known..by any shewing; but in recompence thereof, may be..exactly defined. 6. Scots Law. A claim of restitution raised when one person has been unjustly enriched at the expense of another who had no intention of donation. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. viii. 85 The other Obligation of Recompence, is, for what whereby we are inriched by anothers Means, without purpose of Donation, which is only presumed in few Cases, even he who mala fide, buildeth upon another Mans Ground,..hathe Recompence by the owner, in quantum lucratus. 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. iii. 414 By the usage of Scotland, the claim of recompence is, in the case of repairing an house by a liferenter or adjudger, restricted to such expences as are profitable to the owner. 1834 W. Blair Sc. Justices' Man. 275 The obligation of recompense is a general one,..by which a party who has gained through another's loss or outlay, is bound to indemnify the latter, without any agreement to that effect. 1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 73 Recompense, a form of quasi-contract binding a person, who has made a gain out of what has caused loss to another, to recoup that other. 2000 R. Zimmermann & S. Whittaker Good Faith in European Contract Law 430 The case is a typical one of recompense where a party has supplied goods under a contract but has departed from the contractual terms so that a claim for the contract price is excluded. Phrases † in recompense of (also for) Obsolete in payment of, as an equivalent or compensation for. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > in payment of in recompense of1439 in full (also some, etc.) recompensation of1562 1439 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1838) V. 13 Whiche maner of Mekilfeld I haue graunted bi my dede to John Olneston..in recompence and satisfacion for cc marc whiche..his fader before payed. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 23702 (MED) The childre of Israel took of Egypt the Tresour In recompense of her labour. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 193 For which consideration, as in recompense of theire office, they had grete salares and stode in grete honour and worship. 1542 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 157 In full recompence of certen landes in Methley. 1581 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 142 To my doghter..vs, in recompence of her childes porcion. c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 27 They get ay a good goosheid In recompense of all thair pane. 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 459 He obtayned Auignon..and the countie of Nice, of Lewis king of Naples, in recompence of the tribute due to the Church of Rome. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 51 One of the Ladies in the Masque to night has taken a liking to you; and sent you by me this purse of gold, in recompence of that she saw you lose. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iv. 54 The service, which..he was bound to render, in recompense for the land he held. 1836 tr. L.-J. Blachette & F.-S. Zoéga Man. Art Making & Refining Sugar from Beets 7 A gold medal, in recompense of the services he had rendered to the manufacture of beet sugar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recompensev. Brit. /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/, U.S. /ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns/ Forms: late Middle English–1700s recompence, late Middle English– recompense; Scottish pre-1700 racompense, pre-1700 recompance, pre-1700 recompans, pre-1700 recompanse, pre-1700 recompence, pre-1700 recompens, pre-1700 recumpanse, pre-1700 1700s– recompense. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French recompenser; Latin recompensare. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French recompenser (French récompenser ) to compensate, to make up for (1322 in Old French), to reward, requite, or repay (a person) for an action, service, or merit (a1349) and its etymon post-classical Latin recompensare to give in return, to give in compensation (6th cent.), to bear in mind, think over (10th cent.) < classical Latin re- re- prefix + compēnsāre compensate v. Compare Old Occitan recompensar (14th cent.), Catalan recompensar (15th cent.), Spanish recompensar (late 15th cent.), Portuguese recompensar (14th cent.), Italian ricompensare (a1342). Compare compense v. 1. a. transitive. To reward, requite, or repay (a person) for something done or given. Also with for, †of (the thing done); by, with (the return made). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] foryield971 yield971 crownc1175 shipec1275 payc1330 to do meeda1350 rewardc1350 guerdonc1374 reguerdona1393 to do (one) whyc1400 quitc1400 recompense1422 salary1477 merit1484 requite1530 requit1532 reacquite1534 to pay home1542 remunerate1542 regratify1545 renumerate?1549 gratify?c1550 acquit1573 consider1585 regratiate1590 guerdonize1594 munerate1595 regratulate1626 reprise1677 sugar-plum1788 ameed1807 recompensate1841 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] > give as a reward rewarda1325 recompense1422 stipend1490 guerdon1881 1422 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 96 Being for his said service never yit recompensed ne rewarded. 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 11 (MED) He..asked ayen if we wold forbere and absteyne and be recompensed therfor. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. i He wold thenne haue recompensed hym of the good whiche he had done to hym. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 160 They recompensed owre men with many rewardes. 1590 H. Roberts Defiance to Fortune sig. E Hauing obtained his desire, recompensing his host for the charge bestowed,..he is departed towards Siena. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. I2^v We vowe..to recompence any man that bringeth Andrugio's head. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxiv. 67 Thou, who hast taught me to forgive the ill, And recompense, as friends the good, misled. 1719 Free-thinker No. 87. 1 Will the Student's Labour recompence him with large Possessions..? 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VI. lx. 128 Their military talents were unfitly recompensed by the lucrative offices of judges and treasurers. 1798 G. Papendick tr. A. von Kotzebue Stranger iii. iii. 45 They fancy that they have recompensed a man for the most essential services, if they but allow him the honour to eat with them. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. iv. 118 Be his To recompense, who sees and can reward thee. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 82 Thus he who acted kindly to the undeserving is recompensed in the same manner as the aider of Umm A'mir. 1886 R. Burton Arabian Nights vi I will recompense her tomorrow for the kind deed she hath done. 1976 C. Dexter Last seen Wearing xxx. 211 School masters, even experienced second masters, aren't all that highly recompensed. 2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 17 They [sc. farmers] won't be recompensed for their work. b. transitive. To compensate, or make amends to (a person) for a loss or injury sustained. Also with for, †of (the loss sustained); by, with (the compensation made). Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > for an offence or loss assythc1375 compense1393 countervail1393 recompense1430 reprisal1668 indemnify1693 1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 37 (MED) He recompensyng my seid Lord..with oþer lordships and landes..may do in þat cas as it shal lyke unto hym. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 295 (MED) A man fischenge with a hoke of golde..losenge hit, can not be recompensede by takenge of fische. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 10 Aman..ought to holde him self recompensed whan his aduerse partie required of him pardon. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxiiij^v [He] sendeth worde to the Cities..that they shoulde recompence hym for the iniuryes done. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 18 To recompense him of his expenssis..in comming to Scotland. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian If I be devoured, be it your part, Sir, to recompence my children for their fathers death. 1689 P. Bellon tr. C. Bernard Count of Amboise i. 42 It may well be due to me to recompense me of all that which you detain from me. 1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Sept. (1965) I. 14 The kindness of your last recompenses me for the injustice of your former letter. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 95 Out of his Goods or Lands, the innocent Person is quadruply recompensed for the Loss of his Time. 1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος II. 328 We, therefore, now recompensed ourselves for the four banyan, or fasting, days which we had undergone. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. vi. 193 He was happy in the return he had made her, he was recompensed for his suffering. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love viii. 112 He had been violent, cruel with poor Hermione. He wanted to recompense her, to make it up. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart 836 No official action was ever taken to apprehend the offenders or to recompense Logan for the loss of his entire family. 2. a. transitive. To compensate or make up for (a loss, injury, defect, etc.); †to take the place of (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > supplant, replace [verb (transitive)] fulfila1200 underplantc1200 supplanta1398 subplanta1425 recompense?a1439 supply1567 bestead1596 second1600 reimplace1611 transplace1621 displant1630 succenturiate1650 supersede1657 substitute1675 recruit1711 replace1753 displace1774 substitute1775 supplace1777 outplace1928 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 3849 (MED) What mihte beste ther sorwes recompence? a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. 661 (MED) Nero..Leet beelde an hous..To recompence the tothir that was old. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 126 Quhethir harnes lent and tynt jn weris suld be restorit, and recompensit, agayne to the lennaris of jt. 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 13 There was evensong song of our Lady, very freshely, to recompense the deul bifore. 1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers 222 Whatsoeuer you lose in this world..it shall be here recompenced with double. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. iv. 172 The length of the journey will be recompensed by the goodnesse of the way. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. vii. 83 Another [ship] may arrive loaden with such riches as may recompence the loss of the former. 1772 S. Johnson Let. 3 Dec. (1992) I. 413 I found two letters here to recompense my disappointment at Ashbourne. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. i. 2 A gladness to his heart that recompensed all he had suffered. 1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe viii. 112 The one moment of happiness, that recompensed years of sorrow, had been her last. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 2 A gracious, benevolent, and all-powerful being, who would one day redress all wrongs and recompense all pain. 1978 M. Macdonald Rich are with you Always (BNC) 271 She still hadn't got much in the way of new property to recompense her loss. 2007 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph (Nexis) 12 July 14 Building nice modern estates, with ornamental specimens [sc. of trees], does not recompense the loss of mature native specimens and their root systems. †b. transitive. To make compensation or atonement for (a misdeed or wrong committed). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] beetc897 i-bye10.. abyelOE answer?a1300 buya1300 amendc1300 mendc1330 forbuy1340 redressa1387 answera1400 byea1400 filla1400 peasea1400 ransoma1400 to pay for——c1400 recompense?a1439 abidea1450 satisfyc1460 redeema1464 repaira1513 syth1513 reconcile1535 acquit1567 dispense1590 assoil1596 propitiate1610 expiatea1626 atone1661 retrievea1679 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 884 (MED) Blood will vengid be, To recompense the wrong off his kynreede. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Expos. Pater Noster (Laud Misc. 683) in Minor Poems (1911) i. 64 (MED) Tyl cleer confessioun our gyltes recompense. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 11 To recompense suche neglygence; seuen tymes on the day we do seruice to God. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 95 b Worthy fruicts of penance, quhairbe we recompense..the faults and sinnes of our former lyf. 1611 Bible (King James) Num. v. 8 If the man haue no kinsman to recompense the trespasse vnto, let the trespasse be recompensed vnto the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 746 In some part to recompense My rash but more unfortunate misdeed. View more context for this quotation 1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. 38 His lifted Arm descends with ling'ring Sway, But heavier Strokes will recompence Delay. 1837 R. Browning Strafford iv. iii. 103 We have done Less gallantly by Strafford! Well, the future Must recompense the past. c. transitive. To make a repayment or requital for (something done or given). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > an action yieldOE acquitc1330 requitec1440 recompensea1450 paya1500 quitc1515 requit1532 reacquite1534 repay1557 quittance1590 retribute1612 a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 484 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 385 (MED) Kyng Offa..Alle these thyngis kyngly to recompense, Thouhte he was bounde..Him to guerdone with sum prerogatiff. c1450 (?1429) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 213 (MED) Vpon ther giltes rewe, And ther demerites by dome nat recompence. 1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 73/1 Provided..that this Acte..extend not..to any Graunte..made by the Kyng, of any of the premisses eschaunged, sold, or recompensed by the Kyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 681/1 I recompence ones servyce or a good tourne doone to me. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme ciii. 38 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 156 He doth not..recompence Vnto vs each offence, With due reueng. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 129 His death was recompensed with the slaughter of Categerne. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 441 Sav'd from Danger, with a grateful Sence, The Labours of a God we recompence. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. i. 139 It is our Duty to recompense God's Goodness, and render again according to Benefits received. 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 1 Natural piety to feel Your love, and recompense the boon with mine. 1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 79/1 Such a deed ought to be recompensed. 1992 J. Nelson Charles the Bald (BNC) 90 A few months later, Louis the German, thinking his loyalty in 830 inadequately recompensed, marched into Alemannia. †3. intransitive. To make repayment, return, or amends. Also with on. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > make a return [verb (intransitive)] > make requital recompense?a1439 repay1530 retribute1622 society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (intransitive)] quit1378 recompense1742 clear1753 settle1788 square1821 to straighten up1914 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 3899 (MED) Vengable cruelte Off riht requereth..Blood shad for blood iustli to recompence. c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1911) 26 171 (MED) Yit must thou recompence For alle that euer thou hast sayde byfore. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxii. 25 But Ezechias recompensed not accordinge as was geuen vnto him. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 256 He that endamageth any manne: as the losse or hinderaunce shalbe valewed, so muste he of force recompence. 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. a ij This, though it..takes up longer time for their study, yet it recompenceth with great advantages. 1742 Ld. Murkle Reporter: Information for Hugh Rose of Kilravock 23 June 19 Sir William offered to recompense on the other Debts paid by his Grandfather. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments ii. §i. i. 144 To punish, too, is to recompense, to remunerate, though in a different manner. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 822 The Court found generally, that he might re-compense on any other debts. †4. transitive. To give in repayment or return; to mete out in requital. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > do (something) in requital recompense1526 requitea1547 repay1553 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 17 Recompence to no man evyll for evyll. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. i. 6 It is verely a rightewes thynge with god to recompence tribulacion to them thet trouble you. 1593 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence (rev. ed.) 46 With death, death must be recompenced. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezekiel xi. 21 I wil recompense their way vpon their owne heads. View more context for this quotation 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 86 This act of spight was fully afterwards recompensed upon their heads that did it. a1791 J. Gillespie Serm. (1796) x. 309 When God renders to every man according to his deeds, and recompenses tribulation to the oppressors of this earth, he will recompense our troubles and labours of love. 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