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Requite
see synonyms of requiteVerb
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Requite
see synonyms of requiteverb
(transitive)
to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action
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Requite
see synonyms of requite verb transitiveWord forms: reˈquited or reˈquiting
1.
to make return or repayment for (a benefit, service, etc., or an injury, wrong, etc.)
2.
to make return or repayment to for a benefit, injury, etc.; reward or retaliate against
3. Rare
to give or do in return
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Requite
see synonyms of requitetr.v. re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing, re·quites
1.
a. To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion: "Pearl felt the sentiment, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
b. To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing).
2.
a. To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person's action or emotion: "If he love me to madness, I shall never requite him" (Shakespeare).
b. To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.
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