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requital

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of requital

1 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 of requital

compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, reprisal(s), restitution, satisfaction
Words Related to requital

punitive damages, solatium

amends, atonement, expiation

refund, reimbursement, repayment

adjustment, settlement

punishment, retaliation

2 something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services

  • the electricianʼs requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealerʼs house
Synonyms of requital

compensation, consideration, pay, payment, recompense, remittance, remuneration
Words Related to requital

salary, stipend, wage(s)

disbursement, expenditure, outlay

rebate, refund

indemnity, recoupment, redress, reparation, restitution

adjustment, settlement

deposit

reimbursement, repayment

prepayment

overpayment

rent, rental

3 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 of requital

payback, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance
Words Related to requital

counter, counterattack, counteroffensive

castigation, chastisement, correction

desert(s), discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath

amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation(s), restitution
Near Antonyms of requital

clemency, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy

forgiveness, pardon, remission

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