requited

past tense of requite
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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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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
  • The dismissal swung on the structure through which Howard was compensated for his appearance on Empire.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That differs from an individual NIL endorsement in which an athlete is compensated for using his or her name, image or likeness.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Kansas avenged the Duke loss with a 66-59 win in the 1988 NCAA Final Four semifinals in Kansas City.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • In gender, Columbus' men avenged an earlier season loss and cruised to an 11-6 win to sweep gender doubles.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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  • Bo, Panshi and another associate lent the developers of the apartment complex more than $2 million, at least some of which had not been repaid, according to a lawsuit Chen filed in February in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The previously unreported $39,727 loan was approved in June 2020 — the same month Polymarket entered its beta phase — and repaid in July 2021, according to Small Business Administration data.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
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  • This protects your deposit and ensures you'll be reimbursed if your bank or credit union fails.
    Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Since the late 1990s, the city’s Limited Public Financing program has reimbursed candidates for campaign spending aimed at voter engagement.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The treat filled me up, cooled me down and completely satisfied my sweet tooth.
    Hali Smith August 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The iPhone’s success, however, has satisfied some of those concerns for now, especially since Apple can partner with other companies like Google to use their AI models.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

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“Requited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requited. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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