Usually means: Make amends or recompense for.
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  1. compense: Merriam-Webster
  2. compense: Wordnik
  3. compense: Wiktionary
  4. Compense: Dictionary.com
  5. Compense: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. compense: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Compense: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. compense: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. compense: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Compense: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compense)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To compensate.

Similar:
compensate, recompensate, remunerate, requite, make up, supply, reward, catch up, recompense, reimburse, more...

Opposite:
incompense, uncompensated, uncompensation



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Similar:
compensate, recompensate, remunerate, requite, make up, supply, reward, catch up, recompense, reimburse, more...

Opposite:
incompense, uncompensated, uncompensation



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