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Requital

Requital Meaning & Definition
Requital Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Requital?

[n] an act of requiting; returning in kind
[n] a justly deserved penalty

Synonyms | Synonyms for Requital: retribution

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See Also | getting even | paying back | penalty | return

Requital In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From {Requite}.] 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.

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