REQUITING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

requiting

verb

present participle of requite

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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owing

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Moreover, in the face of such challenges, China’s economic leadership is compensating by expanding state intervention in the economy in ways that further undermine market forces and the independence of the private sector.

— Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
There is also the concern that AI strip-mines content without compensating its creators.

— Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of compensating

Verb

Season 2 kicks off with James hiding out in Africa after avenging his wife and daughter’s deaths in season 1.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026
Singh and Oppenheim spent the next few days working on the script in a Mid-City office, then Singh spent five days alone rewriting the character of Hansen, infusing a mystical, avenging-angel undertone to his character.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of avenging

Verb

After news of Kremlev’s contribution became public, the president said his son was repaying the money.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The state is currently repaying about $80 billion in bonds from the state General Fund, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of repaying

Verb

Under the proposal, states could also designate other activities as satisfying the requirement.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
An evening spent learning something absorbing can be satisfying simply because the world feels a little less familiar afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of satisfying

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