| 单词 | to make recompense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make 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. < as lemmas |
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