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recoupment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of recoupment

1 payment to another for a loss or injury

the juryʼs award included a recoupment for emotional distress

Synonyms of recoupment

compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, reprisal(s), requital, restitution, satisfaction

Words Related to recoupment

punitive damages, solatium

amends, atonement, expiation

refund, reimbursement, repayment

adjustment, settlement

punishment, retaliation

2 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 of recoupment

recapture, reclamation, recovery, repossession, retrieval

Words Related to recoupment

recruitment, replenishment

redemption, rescue

Near Antonyms of recoupment

loss, misplacement

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