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Indispensableness.

Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.

In an indispensable manner. "Indispensably necessary." Bp. Warburton.

Not expensive; cheap.

See Misspense. Bp. Hall.

A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow.

To grant an outpension to.

Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) a…

Careful consideration; pondering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Perpension. [Obs.]

To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.

In a premeditated manner.

Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.

The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

Recompense. [Obs.]

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.

Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan.

One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.