recompense
Example Sentences
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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.
On his return he tried to get recompense from Wizz Air, but he said it took almost two months for the cost of his original flights to be returned along with other legal compensation.
From BBC
The harm caused by slavery is far in the past and there’s no way to recompense the descendants of enslaved people fairly, opponents argue.
From Washington Post
Unwilling to share her traumas without recompense, Cash initiates a barter: a tale for a tale.
From New York Times
However, he added "saying what the rules are and actually getting your recompense are two different things".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
