requitals

noun

plural of requital
1
as in damages
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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2
as in payments
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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3
as in retaliations
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 Synonyms for requitals
  1. damages
  2. payments
  3. retaliations
  4. reparations
  5. pays
  6. retributions
  7. compensations
  8. wages
Noun
  • The trial, which got underway in an Oakland court last week, could result in billions of dollars in damages and forced remedies that could lead to an overhaul of Facebook and Instagram.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit asks for a jury trial, an injunction against ongoing and future copyright infringement and unspecified damages.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of damages
Noun
  • The Cubs went from holding firm at four years and $115 million with limited deferred payments to financing this five-year, $175 million deal with $70 million in deferred money.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Congress also allowed enhanced premium tax credits for Obamacare plans to expire last year, spiking premium payments for middle-income Americans and driving down enrollment by nearly 3 million this year.
    — Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of payments
Noun
  • Over the past year, countries rushed to secure piecemeal deals; some allowed panic to overtake them; very few coordinated their actions or retaliations.
    — Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Neither country can afford to return to the prior tariff rates during the heat of tit-for-tat retaliations, which freaked out Big Tech earlier this year.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of retaliations
Noun
  • In fact, the whole thing could be viewed as colonial reparations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Ms Rachel pushes reparations quote in latest progressive political move.
    — , FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of reparations
Noun
  • This type of insurance can help cover the costs tied to leftover Medicare deductibles, co-insurances, co-pays and hospital costs.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Be sure to investigate co-pays, deductibles, and what’s covered for birthing classes and specialty tests.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Definition of pays
Noun
  • What starts as a petty territorial conflict mutates into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and ruin.
    — Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Surveys are important, too, so workers feel safe to speak up without any retributions.
    — Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of retributions
Noun
  • Over time, those compensations accumulate into structural inefficiency that is difficult to unwind and even harder to justify correcting.
    — Kristofer Mussar, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026
Definition of compensations
Noun
  • The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of wages
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