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recompense

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"Pay back"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛkəmˌpɛns/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ceeemnoprsStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (RECOMPENSE).

Definitions

  1. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

Word origin

From Middle English recompense, borrowed from Old French recompense or Medieval Latin recompensa.

Used in a sentence

  • He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.
  • O let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, Who plead for love and look for recompense More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
  • She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst […]

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