recompense -- (payment or reward (as for service rendered))
recompense, compensation -- (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)
Overview of verb recompense
The verb recompense has 2 senses
compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify -- (make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident")
compensate, recompense, remunerate -- (make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated")