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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.
—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
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
Noun
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The coalition began as a grassroots effort to mobilize public support for reparations and keep the issue visible.—
J.M. Banks
November 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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The family soon hired Fatheree, fresh from his win in the Bruce’s Beach land reparation case.—
Jori Finkel,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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In that case, the decline is largely because vendors are not sending it enough merchandise given recent delays in getting payment from the debt-laden company.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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This early termination appears to have voided that final payment.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Monday's game certainly serves as a bit of a revenge game for the Packers.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes, revenge is a dish best served by Deadline.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jurors were also tasked with deciding whether Zwerner was negligent and caused any of her own damages; if so, she would be barred from recovering any money from Parker, the judge instructed the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is seeking over $135,000 in damages for her arrest.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, the hotel did not profit from the ordeal after compensation was eventually given to those affected, investigators found.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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To be sure, Bastian’s current compensation package is about $27 million, but airline executives do sometimes have to travel coach when premium seats are sold out.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Among VenApp users who support the government’s aims is a resident of a slum on the outskirts of Caracas who spoke anonymously, fearing government retaliation for speaking to a foreign journalist and retribution from neighbors who oppose Maduro.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The lawsuit links the LinkedIn post to a broader pattern of alleged retaliation against Kevin Tang, Aurinia’s board chair and head of Tang Capital Partners.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To hear Netflix’s president-CEO Ted Sarandos explain things on a recent earnings call, the movie’s theatrical runs were not so much to promote the film as a kind of recompense to the KPDH fandom for giving the movie its current level of cultural saturation.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Your bread won’t have the same dark crust, but the moist crumb flavored with brown butter and maple syrup is ample recompense.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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Musk could still collect more than $50 billion by hitting a handful of the more attainable goals laid out for him by the board in the new pay plan.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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The shutdown has disrupted federal operations, delayed pay for hundreds of thousands of workers, and put critical programs at risk.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Requital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requital. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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