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recompense 

It is biblical and means receiving understanding from GOD when you seek HIM in privacy.

James 1:5 NIV
Matthew 6:6 NIV
Philippians 4:6 NIV
And thou, when thou prayest, enter into thin thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy FATHER who is in secret, and thy FATHER who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. ASV
recompense by Big Brown Bare April 15, 2021

austerity recompense

getting paid to not sleep with someone
I got an austerity recompense of Knicks tickets from that old guy because I didn't hook up with that girl he's macking on. Suhweet.
austerity recompense by madrastrans January 15, 2011

recommended 

To be recommended, is to be paticularly favoured sexually in a circle of the opposite (or sometimes, same) sex.
"Hey Dave! You lucky devil, you!"
"Wha?"
"Heh heh, words goin' 'round that you're getting pretty highly recommended!"
"Oh wow!"

Rectumpense 

When one person gives another person anal sex "to make hole" after suffering a tort. A legal form of restitution in some states.

See McGroin vs. Brown
Jason McGroin, a mechanic, accepted an offer to fix Emily Brown's car after Emily alluded to paying with sexual favors. Emily did not put out, and Jason sued for rectumpense. The Supreme Court ruled in McGroin's favor, holding that Emily's implied blowjob, with interested, equated to anal sex.

Possible, but not recommended 

Phrase coined by the Russian Executive Officer from the movie The Hunt for Red October, but can be applied to just so many questionable situations before being overtaken by impending disaster.
Captain Tupolev: Inquire with the engineer about going to 105 percent on the reactor.

Andrei Bonovia – Konovalov: Captain, engineer reports 105 percent on the reactor - possible, but not recommended.

Long pause

Captain Tupolev: Go to 105 percent on the reactor.

Dude 1: Hey man do you think we can take this shit awful slippery 40-km-signed hair pin turn at 100 km with your brother’s car?

Long pause

Dude 2: Possible, but not recommended.

Dude 1: Go to 100 km per hour

Recommended 

Random videos from 5 years ago that pop up in your YouTube feed.
Why is this in my recommended?
Recommended by 1Head June 1, 2019
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