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acknowledgment, compensare, compensation, consideration, desert, emolument, guerdon, indemnification, indemnity, meed, pay, payment, quittance, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requitement, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, satisfaction
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collection (payment), compensation, consideration (recompense), contribution (indemnification), exchange, expiation, honorarium, indemnification, interchange, recompense, remuneration, reprisal, restitution, retribution, revenge, reward, satisfaction (discharge of debt), trover
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Look at other dictionaries:
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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
requital — re‧quit‧al [rɪˈkwaɪtl] noun [uncountable] formal payment for something done or given: • an obligation which demands requital … Financial and business terms
requital — (n.) 1570s, from REQUITE (Cf. requite) + AL (Cf. al) (2) … Etymology dictionary
requital — [ri kwīt′ l] n. 1. a requiting or being requited 2. something given or done in return; repayment, reward, retaliation, or compensation … English World dictionary
requital — noun Date: 1567 1. something given in return, compensation, or retaliation 2. the act or action of requiting ; the state of being requited … New Collegiate Dictionary
requital — /ri kwuyt l/, n. 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. [1570 80; REQUITE + AL2] * * * … Universalium
requital — noun a) Compensation for loss or damage; amends. b) retaliation or reprisal; vengeance … Wiktionary
requital — Synonyms and related words: amends, atonement, blood money, comeuppance, compensation, consideration, damages, desert, deserts, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, making good, meed, paying back, payment, price,… … Moby Thesaurus
requital — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something to make up for loss or damage: amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, restitution, satisfaction,… … English dictionary for students
requital — re|quit|al [ rı kwaıtl ] noun count or uncount FORMAL something that you do or give to someone because they have done or given something to you, usually something bad … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
