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Recompense

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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Narrower term 4

Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Compensation 76% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

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Indemnification 76% connected

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Rectification 76% connected

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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Manner of action 3

Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recoup 76% connected

Alt. of Recoupe

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Reimburse 76% connected

To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse…

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Derivationally related 12

Compensate 74% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Compensate 74% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Compensation 74% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

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Compensation 74% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

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Indemnification 74% connected

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indemnification 74% connected

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indemnity 74% connected

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

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Indemnity 74% connected

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Right 74% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 74% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Synonym 5

Compensate 92% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Compensation 92% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Indemnify 92% connected

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remunerate 92% connected

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repair 92% connected

To return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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