recompense

/ɹˈɛkəmpˌɛns/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. payment or reward (as for service rendered)
2. the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

verb

1. make amends for; pay compensation for
   “One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”
2. make payment to; compensate
   “My efforts were not remunerated”

Synonyms for recompense

• compensation
• compensate
• repair
• indemnify
• remunerate

Words that rhyme with recompense

• defense
• defence
• sense
• tense
• condense
• fence
• offense
• pretense
• dense
• expense
• incense
• commence
• dispense
• hence
• intense
• suspense
• thence
• commonsense
• frankincense
• immense
• whence
• antisense
• bence
• ferenc
• hense
• nondefense
• nunsense
• pence
• pense
• spence