requital, payment
(noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind
retribution, requital
(noun) a justly deserved penalty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
requital (countable and uncountable, plural requitals)
Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
(archaic) Repayment, reward, recompense.
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Source: Wiktionary
Re*quit"al (-al), n. Etym: [From Requite.]
Definition: 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. No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller.
Syn.
– Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.