REQUITAL Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

requital

noun

ri-ˈkwī-tᵊl

Definition of requital

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. — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024 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

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Noun

Understanding Caribbean history For Bousquet, the debate over reparations remains tied to how the Caribbean understands its own history, including slavery’s abolition and emancipation.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
The growing reparations movement is one expression of that connection.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of reparation

Noun

For example, a household earning $6,000 per month should aim to keep its total housing costs below $1,680 and its total debt payments below $2,160.

— Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
More than 500 incoming first-year students were unenrolled for missing a July tuition payment deadline, the university said.

— Matt Brown, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of payment

Noun

Bush had blamed her previous loss on AIPAC, even vowing revenge on the organization in her concession speech.

— Mike Catalini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Allegedly, Davis orchestrated the hit on Shakur as revenge for the rapper and his entourage beating up Baby Lane at the MGM Grand.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of revenge

Noun

The family is seeking general damages, special and economic damages, and wrongful damages.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Over the weekend, Tehran submitted its own set of new demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which included complete compensation for damages wrought by the president’s bombing campaigns.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of damages

Noun

According to the interim deal signed in June, a schedule to end sanctions and plan on compensation would be part of the final deal, and negotiations would address frozen assets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Salary transparency is fundamentally reshaping how individuals approach their careers, providing unprecedented access to compensation data.

— Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of compensation

Noun

Ramona’s retaliation in her argument with Oona was that the latter was channeling her mother’s abandonment issues into their relationship.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
The drive-by shooting death have been in retaliation for social media posts about a criminal group, authorities said Wednesday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of retaliation

Noun

On top of this, his tone is condescending by suggesting that any claim for material recompense by Black people can only come from a Black nationalist and bourgeois initiative.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Months later, some of these educators have been granted legal recompense.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of recompense

Noun

Ireland’s museum sector is reportedly plagued by precarious contracts, low pay, unpaid labor, and toxic workplace cultures, driving burnout, excluding talent, and risking the loss of vital institutional knowledge.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
For most of Season 3, many of those riders have come to realize that dragon riding is a whole lot of work with very little pay and they are still treated like second-class citizens.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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