recompensation

noun

re·​compensation

(¦)rē+

1

obsolete : recompense

2

Scots law : a plaintiff's plea of a counterclaim made to meet a defendant's counterclaim in an action for debt

Word History

Etymology

Middle English recompensacion, from Middle French, from Late Latin recompensation-, recompensatio, from recompensatus (past participle of recompensare to recompense) + -ion-, -io -ion

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