Recompense
What it means
Payment or another return given for work, loss, or service.
Reach for it when naming a deserved return in elevated or legal language
The foundation offered recompense for the artisans' months of restoration work.
Words to choose between 5
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| warm | |
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everyday
repayment
Fits when something owed is returned
Careful Repayment implies a debt.
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warm
Fits when achievement receives a positive return
Careful Reward does not usually repair loss.
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professional
compensation
Fits when payment answers work or harm
Careful Compensation sounds administrative.
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formal
remuneration
Fits when money is paid for services
Careful Remuneration excludes nonfinancial returns.
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literary
Fits when repair for a wrong is intended
Careful Amends requires acknowledged wrongdoing.
Opposites 3
- penalty
- loss
- nonpayment
Common phrases 3
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fair recompense
Fair recompense allowed the craft workers to continue.
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receive recompense
Families received recompense for the acquired land.
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recompense for service
The medal was small recompense for years of service.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, Southern California accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated