recompence

• These people cannot but have some infallible assurance of the doctrine they believe, and of the recompence which they expect; for, in line, they are ready to suffer all things for their God, and have no human expectations. —  The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI.
• You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompence of their labour, than when you give money merely in charity. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3
• The next day, the general offered him, as a recompence, the rank of sergeant. —  Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
• Paying for prizes," he continued, "is no new idea of mine, and would often prove an amazing saving to the state, even without taking into calculation what the nation loses by the attention of admirals to the property of the captors; an attention absolutely necessary, as a recompence for the exertions of the officers and men. —  The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
• But the worst of them was probably well worth the petty recompence which the poet received. —  The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I

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