REQUITALS

Noun

requitals

plural of requital

Anagrams

• quartiles

Source: Wiktionary


REQUITAL

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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ENDLESSLY

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