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Definition of "recompence" [recompence]

  • Obsolete form of recompense. (noun)
  • Obsolete form of recompense. (verb)

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Use "recompence" in a sentence
  • "Mediator, as God-man, all power was given him; partly in recompence of his work (because he humbled himself, therefore God thus exalted him), and partly in pursuance of his design; he had this power given him over all flesh, that he might give eternal life to as many as were given him"
  • "Christ must humble themselves, and are commonly vilified by the world, in recompence of both which they shall be exalted in due time."
  • "If we undertake to judge for ourselves, whatever damage we sustain, our recompence is in our own hands; but if we be, as we ought to be, humble appellants and patient expectants, we shall find, to our comfort, there is one that judgeth."