How to pronounce recompense

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What recompense means

noun

Payment given to make up for a loss or an effort

In a sentence: As recompense for the broken window, the boys mowed the neighbor's lawn all summer.

Where it comes from: It goes back to Latin words meaning "again" and "to balance out."

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