recompense

Example Sentences

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And without legal recompense, the only check to this power appears to be other armed men.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

Here Mr. Stoppard managed to impart a few slivers of his deep knowledge of literary history while exploring the universal theme of a love that cannot find expression or recompense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Having a visible tan in Victorian times was a clear sign you were poor working class and probably spent most of your time hawking barrels of hay for very little recompense.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

This cycle of governmental theft, recompense and reinjury lives on, the federal judge said in her 2022 ruling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

“The Mountain’s dead, as is my father,” Jaime told him, “and some might say your head was recompense enough. You did declare for Stark, and kept faith with him until Lord Walder killed him.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin