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as in reparation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire
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as in payment
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services
the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house
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as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
"an eye for an eye" is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries
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Recent Examples of requital
But criminal fines on companies — and on some individuals — have reached stratospheric heights, and that’s partly because the prospect of requital and deterrence seemed to require it.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
12 June 2024
The Trumpist version, however, begins and ends with the vision of a great leader on the brink of sinister overthrow and martyrdom—whose great love for the scorned nation behind him urgently requires immediate requital and redemption.
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Chris Lehmann,
The New Republic,
11 Jan. 2021
And reminding them that requital of a debt is the purest form of acknowledging that debt.
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William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
26 Nov. 2020
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
12 June 2024
The Trumpist version, however, begins and ends with the vision of a great leader on the brink of sinister overthrow and martyrdom—whose great love for the scorned nation behind him urgently requires immediate requital and redemption.
—
Chris Lehmann,
The New Republic,
11 Jan. 2021
And reminding them that requital of a debt is the purest form of acknowledging that debt.
—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
26 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requital
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Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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Calls for reparations have increased in recent years, reaching a crescendo with the UN designation in March — though the US, UK and a host of other countries either rejected the claim or abstained from voting on it.
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The communication reportedly did not seek payment and included language expressing remorse, a detail experts say is unusual in genuine ransom demands.
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For longtime customer Nita Lynch, who has banked with FirstBank since 1975, the merger has meant spending hours updating routing numbers, retirement accounts and automatic payments.
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For the admiral, this has always been a revenge mission against the Sea Snake, the man who has ruled the Narrow and Summer Seas for far too long, killing her friends along the way.
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The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel.
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The lawsuit also seeks unspecified financial damages.
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The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages.
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An effort to limit healthcare executives’ compensation.
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Potential jurors questioned on harassment, retaliation A jury pools of roughly 300 Johnson County residents was whittled down to 110 on Monday morning before attorneys began their questions.
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No connection between the two investigations was alleged, though police said in the wake of the mass shooting that there were concerns about gang retaliation.
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That was seen as fitting recompense for a season in which Garner has made significant strides.
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The consumer still pays at the pump this morning and receives a modest quarterly rebate months later — a recompense that is too small and too slow.
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Raymond Meza, who chaired the Charter Reform Commission, acknowledged that pay, staffing and the cost of each council office didn’t come up during his panel’s deliberations.
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However, during season 2 of America's Sweethearts, a group of veteran cheerleaders joined together to advocate for higher pay.
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“Requital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requital. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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