Requite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make repayment or return for: requite another's love. See Synonyms at reciprocate.
  • v. To avenge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
  • v. To retaliate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To repay (either good or evil).
  • In a bad sense, to retaliate; return evil for evil for or to; punish.
  • To return.
  • Synonyms Remunerate, Recompense, etc. (see indemnify), pay, repay, pay off.
  • n. Requital.
  • n. For counsel given unto the king is this thy just requite?
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make repayment for or return something
  • Verb Form
    requited    requites    requiting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give   
    Hyponym
    pay   
    Form
    unrequited   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    recompense    revenge    satisfy    reward    repay    pay    punish    remunerate    compensate    return   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    admonish    breede    it?    not    thou    plan    wert    thoo