Synonyms of recoupment

recoupment

noun

1

as in compensation

payment to another for a loss or injury

the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compensation
• damages
• reparation
• indemnity
• indemnification
• restitution
• redress
• reprisal(s)
• reimbursement
• recompense
• remuneration
• punishment
• satisfaction
• repayment
• settlement
• refund
• adjustment
• quittance
• punitive damages
• retaliation
• requital
• atonement
• amends
• solatium
• expiation

2

as in reclamation

the act or process of getting something back

almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reclamation
• recovery
• recapture
• retrieval
• repossession
• rescue
• recruitment
• replenishment
• redemption

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loss
• misplacement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recoupment

The play, which announced recoupment in May, closed out its final week with a gross of $886,815 and capacity close to 100 percent. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

The report further found that NASA has struggled to maintain and modernize its launch infrastructure, partially due to declining maintenance budgets and poor funding structures that prevent an equitable recoupment of costs from commercial providers leasing the launch facilities. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 June 2026

Giant is the latest Broadway production to announce recoupment in recent days, following Every Brilliant Thing, Just In Time, and the tours of Kimberly Akimbo and The Outsiders. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 May 2026

The judge said that House rules made no mention of potential fines or cost recoupments when an ethics committee recommended in December 2020 that Price be punished. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

Citrus Memorial filed motions to stay recoupment during formal administration proceedings and collections were temporarily suspended. — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

Because the bar for recoupment becomes lower, and so there’s less money spent, but also the aesthetic bar becomes lower. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025