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as in compensating
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 avenging
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 repaying
to make a return for
I fear my love for her will never be requited
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Bartolotta earned his negotiator’s stripes deep in the jungles of Thailand, compensating relatives of victims of friendly fire.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Four national surveys have found that Americans favor compensating kidney donors, and four separate surveys of physicians show similar support in the medical community.—
Elaine Perlman,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
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The movie tells the story of a teenager avenging the deaths of his family at the hands of hordes of carnivorous demons and, against all the odds, it has been embraced by critics and audiences alike.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles were avenging a heartbreaking loss.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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He's spent 20 years repaying this debt kindness.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their matchmaker, Aklilu, was repaying a kindness by Ceccarelli from many years ago.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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That passion — that enduring sense of purpose — is reflected across the course of a small but satisfying movie about people who are either desperate for something to live for, or living only for their desperation.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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Agencies are playing their part, like the National Healthcare Security Administration, which laid out ways for reimbursing brain implant surgeries through its state insurance fund.—
Gina Chon,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The complaint alleges that Starbucks violated the law by not reimbursing employees who needed to buy new clothes to comply with the dress code.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Requiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiting. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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