Synonyms of requital

requital

noun

ri-ˈkwī-tᵊl 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reparation
• damages
• compensation
• recompense
• indemnity
• restitution
• redress
• indemnification
• punishment
• satisfaction
• quittance
• reprisal(s)
• recoupment
• remuneration
• expiation
• reimbursement
• repayment
• amends
• punitive damages
• retaliation
• atonement
• settlement
• adjustment
• refund
• solatium

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• payment
• compensation
• pay
• reparation
• recompense
• consideration
• salary
• wage(s)
• remittance
• reimbursement
• remuneration
• outlay
• repayment
• indemnity
• rental
• restitution
• stipend
• adjustment
• refund
• settlement
• redress
• expenditure
• rebate
• prepayment
• deposit
• overpayment
• recoupment
• disbursement
• rent

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revenge
• retaliation
• retribution
• vengeance
• punishment
• payback
• reprisal
• compensation
• chastisement
• counterattack
• castigation
• amends
• recompense
• correction
• indemnity
• counteroffensive
• restitution
• counter
• wrath
• penalty
• redress
• indemnification
• desert(s)
• reparation(s)
• discipline
• quittance
• recoupment
• remuneration
• nemesis

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mercy
• grace
• leniency
• clemency
• pardon
• forgiveness
• lenity
• remission

Example Sentences

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