FINALLY... some recompense for breaking the curfews. What was the point in having them if they weren’t arresting people breaking them?https://twitter.com/ebonybowden/status/1267646597325864960 …
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I don't need to do all of that to know that "recompense " means to make amends or compensate for harm or damage done. And you guessed wrong.
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You need to do all that to figure out that recompense’s original (and etymologically correct) meaning is: “to punish or reward appropriately for an action.”
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