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as in to compensate
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit
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as in to avenge
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels
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as in to repay
to make a return for
I fear my love for her will never be requited
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Recent Examples of requite
But after years of wooing Silicon Valley, the Defense Department’s interest became requited, with companies like Amazon seeing opportunities to replace the government’s hodge-podge data centers with cloud computing, for which the Pentagon was offering a $10 billion contract prize in 2019.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
The individuals are putting money to work furiously, in individual stocks, demonstrating faith not in Trump, but in business, and it is being requited and will continue to be requited with higher stock prices.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
Reflecting Lee’s turmoil as he’s tormented by heroin withdrawals and his not entirely requited affection for Allerton, the film is moody, and the sets reflect the interior landscapes of its characters.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2024
In the book, the main character falls in love with an android that only pretends to requite his feelings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
But his love wasn’t always requited.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
Looks like the love Taylor Swift has for Grey’s Anatomy is fully requited!
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
An intensity which can be called religious characterizes the devotion shown to their community by literally millions of people who routinely sacrifice — time, money, labor — to remark that devotion; and, using their own language, methods, and skills, to requite the community.
—William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020
There’s a lot to requite my love.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 Aug. 2020
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
The individuals are putting money to work furiously, in individual stocks, demonstrating faith not in Trump, but in business, and it is being requited and will continue to be requited with higher stock prices.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
Reflecting Lee’s turmoil as he’s tormented by heroin withdrawals and his not entirely requited affection for Allerton, the film is moody, and the sets reflect the interior landscapes of its characters.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2024
In the book, the main character falls in love with an android that only pretends to requite his feelings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
But his love wasn’t always requited.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
Looks like the love Taylor Swift has for Grey’s Anatomy is fully requited!
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
An intensity which can be called religious characterizes the devotion shown to their community by literally millions of people who routinely sacrifice — time, money, labor — to remark that devotion; and, using their own language, methods, and skills, to requite the community.
—William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020
There’s a lot to requite my love.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requite
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And claims involving deaths would be compensated with a higher amount.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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If teams are on a bus or train that's experiencing difficulties, unfortunately, they aren't given a boost to compensate for the breakdown.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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MacDonald imagines Kirk looking down from a window in Heaven as his children grow up, and the right unites to avenge his death.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba linked up for two goals in a 3-1 Inter Miami home win against the Seattle Sounders, as the men in pink avenged their painful Leagues Cup final loss to Seattle.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Other funds will come from MTA debt sales repaid with revenue from a congestion pricing toll that charges motorists to drive on Manhattan’s busiest streets.—
Gregory Korte,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Any unemployment benefits received will likely need to be repaid if workers receive backpay after the shutdown ends.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The developer would also reimburse the village for costs related to the data center development.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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More recently, three employees filed class-action lawsuits in Illinois and Colorado charging the company with allegedly refusing to reimburse them for expenses to meet the new dress code.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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In 20 colors, there will be any number of hues that fit the bride’s requirements, while satisfying your own taste too.—
Bianca Kratky,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
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Glazed doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, and pain au chocolat satisfy those with a sweet tooth, while a pan con tomate station, an excellent Spanish cheese spread, and tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelet) kept things local.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Requite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requite. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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