requital

noun

re·​quit·​al ri-ˈkwī-tᵊl 

1

: something given in return, compensation, or retaliation

… the distribution of good rather than … the requital of evil …

—Lucius Garvin

2

: the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited

the requital of her love

Synonyms of requital

• reparation
• damages
• compensation
• recompense

Examples of requital in a Sentence

the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire

the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

requital

noun

re·​quit·​al ri-ˈkwīt-ᵊl 

1

: something given in payment or in return

2

: the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited