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

1520–30; re- + obsolete quite, variant of quit¹

Related formsre·quit·a·ble, adjectivere·quite·ment, nounre·quit·er, nounun·re·quit·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·quit·ing, adjective

Synonyms for requite

1. repay, reward, recompense, compensate, pay, remunerate, reimburse. 2. revenge.

Antonyms for requite

2. forgive.

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Examples from the Web for requited

Historical Examples of requited

But we have seen before the manner in which he requited hospitality.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
In return for the honour they did us, and the gifts of hospitality they gave the army, we requited them with honour.
Anabasis
Xenophon
You have served me too faithfully and too well to be requited thus.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)
Charles James Lever
He now supported it, though it requited his support with contumely.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
One death demands another, judgment is requited with judgment.
The Day of Wrath
Maurus Jkai

British Dictionary definitions for requited

requite

verb

(tr) to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action

Derived Formsrequitable, adjectiverequitement, nounrequiter, noun

Word Origin for requite

C16: re- + obsolete quite to discharge, repay; see quit

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Word Origin and History for requited

requite

c.1400, "repay" (for good or ill), from re- "back" + Middle English quite "clear, pay up," earlier variant of quit (see quit). Related: Requited; requiting.