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Definition of Requital
1. Noun. A justly deserved penalty.
2. Noun. An act of requiting; returning in kind.
Definition of Requital
1. n. 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.
Definition of Requital
1. Noun. Compensation for loss or damage; amends. ¹
2. Noun. retaliation or reprisal; vengeance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Requital
1. something given in return, compensation, or retaliation [n -S]
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Literary usage of Requital
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1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"... effected by But this simple requital does not correspond either 2 money, we
with that which is lust in distribution or with that and this is T* • t ..."
2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"Besides, the requital you make the Athenians is HI. not proportionable, nor free
from dishonesty. For '' ' you, as you say yourselves, brought in the Athen- ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"The act of paying a person: spec, compensation, remuneration, satisfaction,
repayment, reward, requital, reimbursement, recoupment, recompense. i. ..."
4. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"requital. 1. He that looks for a requital serves himself, not me. Resolution. 1.
A resolute man cares nothing about difficulties. Tamil. 2. ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... AMENDS, SATISFACTION, RECOMPENSE, REMUNERATION, requital, ... requital, from
to qui/, that which acquits ..."
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