[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/recompense/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / recompense # recompense noun (recompense — uncountable); verb (recompense, recompenses, recompensed, recompensing) «recompense» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. (formal) Recompense is money or something else given to make up for harm, loss or trouble someone has suffered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#m1) 2. (formal) Recompense can also be a reward for work or effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#m2) 3. (formal) To recompense someone is to pay or reward them for loss, work or trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#m3) ### In the lessons It is a stiff, formal word used in letters, law and exam texts; in everyday speech people say "compensation", "payback" or "pay". In the Bible some older translations use "recompense" to mean reward or punishment for what someone has done. Phrases: "in recompense for", "as recompense", "without recompense". ### Examples - (formal) The airline offered a free ticket as recompense for the lost luggage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x1) - (formal) He worked for years without recompense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x2) - (formal) The company recompensed the families for the damage to their homes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x3) - In recompense for breaking the window, Tom washed the neighbour's car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x4) - (Bible) The old Bible says that God will give each person recompense for their deeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x5) - (formal) The volunteers asked for no recompense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x6) - The King recompensed them both with silver and gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/#x7) ### Note Formal and uncountable as a noun. Everyday words with similar meaning: compensation, payment, reward, making up for. Do not confuse with "recompose" or "repay"; recompense is usually for loss or work, while "repay" means to pay back money you borrowed. ## In Jewish tradition In Jeremiah, the prophet asks whether evil should be repaid for good. In Job, a person who trusts in vanity will have vanity as his recompense. **Interpretation.** In Moses' song, God alone judges and repays, which tradition reads as a reason people should not take revenge themselves. Job's words are read as teaching that a deed brings its own result. ### Examples - If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me. (Torah DEU.32.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/#x1) - Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. (Torah DEU.32.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/#x2) - Shall evil be recompensed for good? (Prophets JER.18.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/#x3) - Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? (Writings JOB.34.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/#x4) - Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense. (Writings JOB.15.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/#x5) ### Note Formal and uncountable as a noun. Everyday words with similar meaning: compensation, payment, reward, making up for. Do not confuse with "recompose" or "repay"; recompense is usually for loss or work, while "repay" means to pay back money you borrowed. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «recompense» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«recompense» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recompense.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «recompense» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recompense/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«recompense» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/recompense.html) on Mova free.