10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
verb make amends for; pay compensation for
originFrom Middle English recompensen, borrowed from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again”) + compensare (“to balance out”).
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