Meaning of Requital | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
   countable, uncountable
2. Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
   countable, uncountable
3. Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“O, take⟳ his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help⟳ to give⟳ him strength / To make⟳ a more requital to your love⟳.”

“My lord mayor, you have⟳ sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make⟳ requital of your courtesy.”

“In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let⟳ me beg⟳ that you make⟳ in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.”

“What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give⟳ to those who have⟳ struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.”

“But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love⟳, of the case in which my love⟳ is returned with an equal love⟳.”

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