See recompense in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To give compensation to:
compensate, indemnify, pay, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite. See payTo give payment to in return for goods or services rendered:
compensate, pay, remunerate. See payTo give a satisfactory return to:
compensate, indemnify, pay, remunerate, repay, requite, reward. See pay
noun
Something to make up for loss or damage:
amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff. See substituteSomething justly deserved:
comeuppance, desert2 (often used in plural), due, guerdon, reward, wage (often used in plural). (Informal) lump1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See rewardSomething given in exchange for goods or services rendered:
compensation, consideration, payment, remuneration. See pay
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