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unrecompensed

  • a word derived from recompense.
    recompense
    verb (used with object)
    to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

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If Joseph Duncombe doted on this bright-haired, blue-eyed daughter, his love was not unrecompensed.

From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

And when the reaping time comes, He who has promised that the cup of cold water cannot go unrecompensed, will not suffer thee to lose thy reward!

From The Faithful Promiser by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

She meant that her sufferings would perhaps not go unrecompensed.

From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Anthony Hope

Man dies with unrecompensed merit and guilt: the brute does not.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Good deeds performed on Gospel motives, though unknown and unvalued by the world, will not go unrecompensed or unowned by Him who values the cup of cold water given in His name.

From Memories of Bethany by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

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