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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
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Solar customers who had their systems installed under earlier iterations of the tariff still get compensated at the retail rate for 20 years from the time their systems became operational before the new rules affect them.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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They’re being paid and compensated for the first time.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Mountaineers also avenged two losses in the past two months to the regular-season champion and defending tournament champion Horned Frogs.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
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At Beast of the East, Horger avenged her only senior year loss, against the same opponent, for her 100th career win.—
Krystle Rich,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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It is repaid in royalties on gold production or through rights to purchase a mine’s future metal production at a steep discount.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Homeowners in the county can get up to $500 in mitigation expenses reimbursed.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Supreme Court did not provide guidance for issuing refunds, creating confusion over how importers would be reimbursed.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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To her, Dorr’s presentation satisfied questions of access, freeing the library board to consider capacity.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislation laid out in detail a governance structure that satisfied lenders financing the transaction by giving the borrower, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, control over decision making for three years after the deal closed.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
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