requite
Chiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requitalChiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital (“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind, recompense, repayment, reward”).
Meaning
1 sensesChiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital (“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind, recompense, repayment, reward”).
Examples
2 sentencesThere are labours which no salary can remunerate, services which no fees can requite.
The desire for love to be requited is demanded not by love but by vanity.
ruТребование ответной любви не есть требование любви, но тщеславия. — sigavax
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both oThe verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both of the following:
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