requital

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.

Synonyms

retaliation
C2
retribution
C2
recompense
38k
repayment
33k
revenge
B1
return
A2
compensation
C1
reprisal
38k
payment
B2
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punishment
B2
requite
quittance
nemesis
C2
reward
B2
reciprocation
remuneration
45k

avengeance

discipline
C1
infliction
penalisation
penalty
B2
reciprocate
32k
repay
C1
reply
C1
reprisals
31k
restitution
27k
revanche
sentence
B2
take revenge
vengeance
C1

wanion

chastening
Translations

Vergeltung
desquite
ricompensa
revanche
wraak
contraccambio
vergelding
Vergeltungsmaßnahme
vengeance

مثوب

représailles
récompense
rétorsion
talion
Revanche
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪ.ˈkwaɪt.əl/
Etymology

From requite + -al, 1570-1580.

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