'Requital' definitions:
Definition of 'requital'
(from WordNet)
noun
A justly deserved penalty [syn: retribution, requital]
noun
An act of requiting; returning in kind [syn: requital, payment]
Definition of 'Requital'
From: GCIDE
- Requital \Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From Requite.] The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. [1913 Webster]
- No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'requital'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amends,
- atonement,
- blood money,
- comeuppance,
- compensation,
- consideration,
- damages,
- desert,
- deserts,
- guerdon,
- honorarium,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- just deserts,
- making good,
- meed,
- paying back,
- payment,
- price,
- punishment,
- quid pro quo,
- quittance,
- recompense,
- redress,
- refund,
- reimbursement,
- remuneration,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- reprisal,
- requitement,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- retribution,
- return,
- revenge,
- reward,
- salvage,
- satisfaction,
- smart money,
- solatium,
- squaring,
- vengeance,
- wergild,
- what is due,
- what is merited