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as in compensated
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 avenged
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 repaid
to make a return for
I fear my love for her will never be requited
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Recent Examples of requited
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
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requited
Verb
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But Yasin Ayari shone and more than compensated, tenacious in the duels and tidy with his passing.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Of course, plenty of people are compensated for posts in Washington’s influence ecosystem.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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With the win, FFC avenged a 45-7 loss at Regis last fall.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Dragons avenged that defeat in a 56-7 regional final rout of Byron Nelson that same year.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
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And despite your pessimism, over 97% of the metro district bonds issued from 2000-2008 (an appropriate time frame to evaluate performance) have been repaid in full despite the Global Financial Crisis that rocked credit and housing markets worldwide shortly thereafter.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Nov. 2025
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Reimbursements for moving costs are paused for many during the shutdown, while not all expenses are being repaid.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many of the organizations NPR spoke with were in a similar situation, saying the DOJ has not reimbursed them for money already spent.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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Napoli says that under specific laws — and depending on your deadline and destination — you may be reimbursed for food purchased at the airport.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After those negotiations in Lisbon, Berrada headed back to Manchester satisfied an agreement had been verbally struck — a story The Athletic broke via sources in Portugal, with the United CEO learning mid-flight that the news was out.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2025
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None have adequately satisfied the Royals’ needs.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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