The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [imp. &
   p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing
   (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L.
   pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]
   1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to
      requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
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            He can not recompense me better.      --Shak.
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   2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to
      atone for; to pay for.
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            God recompenseth the gift.            --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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            To recompense
            My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. --Milton.
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   3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something
      earned or deserved. [R.]
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            Recompense to no man evil for evil.   --Rom. xii.
                                                  17.
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   Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r?k"?m*p?ns), v. i.
   To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recompense \Rec"om*pense\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]compense.]
   An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given;
   compensation; requital; suitable return.
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         To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. --Deut.
                                                  xxii. 35.
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         And every transgression and disobedience received a
         just recompense of reward.               --Heb. ii. 2.
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   Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends;
        satisfaction; reward; requital.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recompense
    n 1: payment or reward (as for service rendered)
    2: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn:
       recompense, compensation]
    v 1: make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully
         repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third
         Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the
         accident" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair,
         indemnify]
    2: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not
       remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

140 Moby Thesaurus words for "recompense":
   accord, amend, amends, atone, atone for, atonement, award, balance,
   balancing, blood money, comeuppance, commutation, compensate,
   compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correct,
   correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, cover, damages,
   desert, deserts, do penance, emend, expiate, expiation,
   expiatory offering, fee, fill up, fixing, get satisfaction,
   give and take, give satisfaction, grant, guerdon, honorarium,
   indemnification, indemnify, indemnity, just deserts, lex talionis,
   live down, make all square, make amends, make compensation,
   make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital,
   make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up for,
   making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending,
   offset, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, pay, pay back,
   pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations,
   pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, paying back, peace offering,
   piaculum, prepay, price, propitiate, propitiation, punishment,
   put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, quittance,
   reclamation, rectification, rectify, redeem, redemption, redress,
   refund, reimburse, reimbursement, remedy, remit, remunerate,
   remuneration, render, repair, repairing, reparation, repay,
   repayment, reprisal, requital, requite, requitement, restitution,
   retaliate, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward,
   right, salary, salvage, satisfaction, satisfy, set right,
   set straight, set to rights, set up, smart money, solatium, square,
   square it, square things, squaring, substitution, tender,
   troubleshooting, vouchsafe, wergild, what is due,
   what is merited



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

RECOMPENSE. A reward for services; remuneration for goods or other property.
     2. In maritime law there is a distinction between recompense and
restitution. (q.v.) When goods have been lost by jettison, if at any
subsequent period of the voyage the remainder of the cargo be lost, the
owner of the goods lost by jettison cannot claim restitution from the owners
of the other goods; but in the case of expenses incurred with a view to the
general benefit, it is clear that they ought to be made good to the party,
whether he be an agent employed by the master in a foreign port or the ship
owner himself.