Requital
[rɪ'kwaɪtəl]
Definition
(n.) The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reward, recompense, compensation, remuneration, satisfaction, payment.[2]. Retribution, retaliation, punishment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SATISFACTION]
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- So shall you give me protection without sacrifice on your part, or the pretext of requiring any requital from me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was what the old dying patriarch demanded of his son Esau, promising in requital the blessing of his last breath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My first act of requital you well remember: this is my last. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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