requited

Definition of requitednext
past tense of requite
1
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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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. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Feaster is being compensated too well to not get a shot.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The miners were represented by the United Mine Workers of America, which submitted a list of demands when the strike began, including implementing the eight-hour workday, being compensated for the time miners spent in the shafts, and the right to select their own housing and doctors.
    Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
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  • The Bruins avenged their only loss of the season and redeemed themselves after last season’s lopsided Final Four loss to Connecticut.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Payton Pritchard added 28-6-6 on 10-of-20 shooting as the Celtics avenged their 29-point home loss to Charlotte on March 4.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
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  • Those credits are later repaid in installments.
    CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike student loans, scholarships typically don’t need to be repaid and there are thousands available.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Some businesses don’t allow truck parking during the day but moonlight as a parking area after hours to make money off the truckers, 78% of whom aren’t reimbursed for their parking costs.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Communities plan and pay for those projects up front and then are reimbursed by FEMA.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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  • But those moves have not satisfied those in Israel intent on full occupation of southern Lebanon.
    Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The president satisfied his own ego, displaying no patience, as other bloodthirsty warlords throughout history.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Requited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requited. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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