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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
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Instead, reparations for the more than 65,000 victims will be paid by the Trust Fund for Victims, set up by the court’s member states to distribute the funds.—
Molly Quell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Gray added that both players agreed to lose the game in exchange for $10,000 to $15,000 in payments each.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the coming years, a smaller share of Americans will work and a larger share will require Social Security payments, Medicare, disability-insurance coverage, and long-term care.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Since her divorce from country music star Keith Urban, actress Nicole Kidman has been embracing a bold new era of revenge dressing.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
8 May 2026
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Şengün’s Rockets were eliminated by the Lakers in their first-round series, meaning there will be no repeat revenge run in the playoffs like the one Haliburton had.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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An army of lawyers showed up at a hearing Tuesday to iron out issues ahead of an upcoming trial to determine whether the owner and operator of the ship that struck the Key Bridge should be held liable for the full damages caused by the tragedy.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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Musk is asking the court to unwind OpenAI’s conversion, remove Altman and Brock, and award him up to a hundred and fifty billion dollars (no typo) in damages.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Similarly, that’s why a future first-rounder as compensation from the Hornets from the Terry Rozier trade would have meant exponentially more than a mere second-rounder this June.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Most of their clients were too scared to speak publicly, citing fear of retaliation.—
Shoshana Walter,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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An independent special prosecutor would be no more shielded from retaliation than the state's attorney.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Some 3,000 businesses have filed lawsuits seeking recompense, Automotive News reported, many of them car manufacturers.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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Most have an attendance policy and an absence means a paper must be written as recompense.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Agents, forced to work without pay, called in sick; security lines metastasized, sometimes snaking out to the curb.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Alden, who will receive a starting salary of $245,086 and benefits worth $104,000, is taking a slight pay cut to come to Marin.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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“Requital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requital. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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