recompense
Payment for services
Recompense is compensation for loss, injury, or effort—payment that makes up for something.
The word carries a formal, sometimes legal tone: The court ordered recompense for damages.
As a verb, to recompense is to repay or compensate: Nothing can recompense the loss of a child.
The word implies restoring balance rather than simply paying.
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- remunerationPayment for work done
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
reparation · settlement · damages · redress · payout · disbursement · award · recovery
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- reparationCompensation for injury done
expiation · redemption · contrition · remorse · reconciliation · forgiveness · absolution · repentance
Mutual giving and receiving
- mutualityShared dependence or exchange
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- requitalReturn for actions
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
tit-for-tat · reprisal · retribution · payback · counterbalance · equivalence · in-kind · matching
Reward for winning
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- bountyReward for capture
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
incentive · gratuity · tip · honorarium · commendation · tribute · accolade · appreciation
Punishment for wrongdoing
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
verdict · due · desert · comeuppance · adjudication · fairness · equity · accountability
payment
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- remunerationPayment for work done
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
indemnity · reparation · settlement · damages · redress · payout · disbursement · award · recovery · severance
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
reparation · expiation · redemption · contrition · remorse · reconciliation · forgiveness · absolution · repentance · rectification
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- mutualityShared dependence or exchange
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- requitalReturn for actions
give-and-take · tit-for-tat · reprisal · retribution · payback · counterbalance · equivalence · in-kind · matching · return
prize
Reward for winning
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- bountyReward for capture
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
acknowledgment · incentive · gratuity · tip · honorarium · commendation · tribute · accolade · appreciation · thanks
retribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
judgment · verdict · due · desert · comeuppance · adjudication · fairness · equity · accountability · consequence
- Islamic afterlifehereafter, reckoning, scales of justice, heaven and hell, eternal life
- Exchangeexchange, barter, swap, trade-in, trade-off
- rewardsrewards, reward, prizes, prize, trophy
- earningsearnings, earnings per share, income, earnings call, gains
- remediesremedy, cure, medicine, treatment, medications
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
recompensetake
Capture or filmed segment
deprive · withhold · confiscate · seize · stiff
recompensepenalty
Punishment for wrongdoing
punishment · penalize · punish · retribution · fine