[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.
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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]