Definitions for requital

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requital re·quit·al

Spelling: [ri-kwahyt-l]

IPA: /rɪˈkwaɪt l/

Requital is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in requital (aeilqrtu).

Definitions for requital

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 requital

First recorded in 1570-80; requite + -al²

Examples for requital

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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