The difference between Recompense and Restitution
When used as nouns, recompense means an equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered, whereas restitution means a process of compensation for losses.
Recompense is also verb with the meaning: to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
check bellow for the other definitions of Recompense and Restitution
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Recompense as a noun:
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
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Recompense as a noun:
That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
Examples:
"He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology."
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Recompense as a verb:
To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
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Recompense as a verb:
To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
Examples:
"The judge ordered the [[defendant]] to recompense the [[plaintiff]] by paying $100."
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Recompense as a verb (transitive):
To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
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Restitution as a noun (legal):
A process of compensation for losses.
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Restitution as a noun:
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
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Restitution as a noun:
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
Examples:
"the restitution of an elastic body"
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Restitution as a noun:
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
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Restitution as a noun (medicine):
The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.