Requital

Quick meaning: Requital is a noun meaning Compensation for damage or loss; amends.

Meaning

Compensation for damage or loss; amends.

More Meanings

1. Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
2. Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.

Example Sentences

O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.

But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.

My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.

What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.

Word Forms

• requitals

Synonyms for requital

Depending on context, synonyms include requite, satisfaction, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amends, restitution, recompense, remuneration, amend, satisfaction.

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