(chiefly Scotland) Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
Synonyms:assyth, requite, satisfaction; see also Thesaurus:compensation
(obsolete)
Something given as compensation.
(chiefly Scotland) A means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.
c.1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line69: