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recompense
noun as in something returned, paid back
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verb as in pay back, make restitution
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President Trump, emboldened after the special counsel said he did not find evidence of a criminal conspiracy to sway the 2016 election, has an early target as he seeks recompense from his critics: Rep.
“There’s no recompense that can fully heal the pain caused by the sexual violation,” Cardenas said at a news conference Monday.
This cycle of governmental theft, recompense and reinjury lives on, the federal judge said in her 2022 ruling.
That may not suit the broader public’s vision of justice or the grander goals of the justice system, which involve recompense not just to a victim but the paying of a debt to society more broadly.
If he feels like the scales aren’t balanced between action and recompense ...
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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