REQUITAL

requital, payment

(noun) an act of requiting; returning in kind

retribution, requital

(noun) a justly deserved penalty

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

requital (countable and uncountable, plural requitals)

Compensation for loss or damage; amends.

Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.

(archaic) Repayment, reward, recompense.

Anagrams

• quartile

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



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