recompense
C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General noun
Compensation or reward given for loss, harm, or service.
He offered a small sum as recompense for the damage his dog had caused.
Law noun
Compensation awarded for loss, harm, or injury suffered.
The settlement offered scant recompense for a lifetime of disability.
Business noun
Payment or reward given to make amends for effort, loss, or hardship.
The union demanded recompense for the weekends its members had worked through the crisis.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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