Requite
[rɪ'kwaɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Reward, recompense, compensate, remunerate, reciprocate, satisfy, pay.[2]. Retaliate, avenge.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repay, reward, compensate, recompense, remunerate, satisfy, retaliate, punish,avenge, revenge
ANT:Misrequite, defraud, condone, absolve, pardon
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Definition
v.t. to repay: to retaliate.—adjs. Requit′ (Spens.) requited returned; Requī′table.—ns. Requī′tal the act of requiting: payment in return: recompense: reward; Requite′ requital.—adjs. Requite′ful; Requite′less without requital: free.—ns. Requite′ment; Requī′ter.
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Examples
- My master, answered Baldwin, knows how to requite scorn with scorn, and blows with blows, as well as courtesy with courtesy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Trust me, I will requite the risk you run for my love, Gurth, said the Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The God of Israel requite you, said the Jew, greatly relieved; I dreamed--But Father Abraham be praised, it was but a dream. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Gramercy for thy caution, said the Palmer, again smiling; I will use thy courtesy frankly, and it will go hard with me but I will requite it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But, to have saved you requites itself. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Assuredly, said Rebecca, you shall not repent you of requiting the good deed received of the stranger knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Wopsle, as the ill-requited uncle of the evening's tragedy, fell to meditating aloud in his garden at Camberwell. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The kindness of my uncle and aunt can never be requited. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Did he sip every flower, and change every hour, until Polly his passion requited? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He had also professed to love Julia once, and how had he requited her? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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