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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a justly deserved penalty;
[syn: retribution, requital]

2. an act of requiting; returning in kind;
[syn: requital, payment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Requital \Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From Requite.] The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. [1913 Webster] No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. --Waller. [1913 Webster] Syn: Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

requital n 1: a justly deserved penalty [syn: retribution, requital] 2: an act of requiting; returning in kind [syn: requital, payment]