Definitions for requitals

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requitals re·quit·al

Spelling: [ri-kwahyt-l]

IPA: /rɪˈkwaɪt l/

Requitals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 619 anagrams from letters in requitals (aeilqrstu).

Definitions for requitals

noun

1. the act of requiting.
2. a return or reward for service, kindness, etc.
3. a retaliation for a wrong, injury, etc.
4. something given or done as repayment, reward, punishment, etc., in return.

Origin of requitals

First recorded in 1570-80; requite + -al²

Examples for requitals

I craved for nothing but the just requital of my own passion.

Her affections may be bestowed where they shall meet no requital.

The natural demand is that the requital shall be adequate to the deed.

How is it possible to help a city that makes such a requital to those who save her?

This requital, so unexpected, was more dreadful to her than the scaffold.

Is this your requital for the part I have borne amongst you?

The third concrete moral idea is that of equity, or requital.

The days of visitation have come, have come the days of requital.

But it awoke no association there, and ‘Thank you, my dear,’ was the only requital.

His requital was a pistol shot in the shoulder from the treacherous Swede.