requite
verb (used with object)
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
unrequitable
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a word derived from
requite.
Example Sentences
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The human lover and the love of a difficult God addressed together – in one final, beautiful breath of unrequitable longing: “I wish there was a treaty we could sign/ Between your love and mine.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2016
But the curse came to some here and some there—the curse of an unrequitable passion.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
