requite
verb (used with object)
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
requitement
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a word derived from
requite.
Example Sentences
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"Oh God, take away from us all sorrow, and receive therefore requitement in twofold measure!"
From Through Russia by C. J. Hogarth
Capital making cruel and unreasonable exactions, seeking to obtain labor for an almost starvation pittance, while labor, unequal in the struggle, seeks to wrest from its adversary a decent and honorable requitement for its sweat.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by C. G. (Carl Gustaf) Helleberg
