requite
[ri-kwahyt]
verb (used with object), re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing.
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
to make retaliation for (a wrong, injury, etc.); avenge.
to make return to (a person, group, etc.) for service, benefits, etc.
to retaliate on (a person, group, etc.) for a wrong, injury, etc.
to give or do in return.
Origin of requite
Synonyms for requite
Antonyms for requite
2. forgive.
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Related Words for requite
satisfy, quit, return, redress, pay, make, reciprocate, redeem, remunerate, revenge, repay, settle, respond, recompense, reimburse, retaliate, indemnify, reward, restitutionExamples from the Web for requite
Historical Examples of requite
Have you grown sleek and fat and smug in my service that you should requite me thus?
Bardelys the MagnificentRafael Sabatini
Well then, do they requite your gifts of gold with gratitude?
The SymposiumXenophon
If they kill us, how can we requite them for our obligations?
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
There's many a coinage costlier than ever the mint fashioned; he may requite me thus.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
He had aroused her passion and no amount of long-distance love could requite it.
The PerfectionistsArnold Castle
requite
verb
Word Origin for requite
C16: re- + obsolete quite to discharge, repay; see quit
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