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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 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
  • Demands in new legal filings have now reached $20 billion in reparations.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 May 2025
  • After the talks began in August 1905, two sticking points quickly emerged: reparations and the future of Sakhalin.
    Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • However, in the U.K., results from payments infrastructure startup ClearBank hinted at the impact of lower rates.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • These anticorruption provisions are designed to prevent presidents from accepting gifts or payments from foreign officials or U.S. states.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Initially, Kkot-nim and Hong-rang’s goals are aligned: Kkot-nim wants revenge on Yeol-guk and Yeon-ui for leaving her for dead all those years ago, and Hong-rang wants to take down the people who kidnapped and tortured him as a child.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
  • The stakes escalate with a mordant velocity reminiscent of Park Chan-wook’s revenge sagas, a point of reference that continues through the darkly funny — and patently absurd — coda that Aster tacks on to the end of his film’s pulse-pounding final shootout.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Others had to help Paredes with his job responsibilities without any compensation or reduction to their debt, according to officials.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
  • Forward-thinking plans support providers with documentation and coding resources to ensure fair compensation.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Then, of course, the people who understood the brand left and people came in who saw only the recompense of taking money.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • During a recent sit-down with Willie D, the rapper spoke his mind about dating, social media and the backlash he’s received, and most importantly, to him, whether the ancestors of America’s enslaved people are owed recompense.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Since taking office, she’s been outspoken about issues surrounding economic mobility, including raising pay for city employees and airport workers.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
  • Channel 4 executive pay increased by nearly a third last year, despite the UK commercial broadcaster slashing content spend and jobs.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The few lamenting Pete Rose’s reinstatement to Major League Baseball are speaking from the ideology of punishment as retribution, not correction.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • According to the employee, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, that happened as music and sports events at nearby venues were ending.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The top candidate, Clifford Levy, a deputy managing editor at the Times, withdrew his name from consideration.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
  • That these victims deserve our consideration, well wishes and financial support should not be controversial.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025

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“Requital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requital. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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