recompensenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈrek.əm.pens/us/ˈrek.əm.pens/formala present given to someone to thank them for helping you, or payment given to someone because of slight problems or because of the loss of or damage to their property:
I received £500 from my neighbour in recompense for the damage to my wall.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making & accepting apologies
- absolution
- afraid
- atonement
- conciliate
- cut
- excusable
- excuse
- excuse/pardon my French! idiom
- forge
- if you'll pardon the expression idiom
- make it up to sb idiom
- mend
- mend your fences idiom
- overlook
- pardon (me) idiom
- reconcile
- reconciliation
- repentant
- take sb back
- unrepentant
See more results »
recompense
verb [ T ] ukus
The court awarded the women $100,000 each to recompense them for nine years of lost wages.