requital
Syllables: re·quit·al/ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/
requital noun: compensation for damage or loss; amends.
Noun
requital (countable and uncountable, plural requitals)
- Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
- Synonyms:
- requite, satisfaction, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends
- Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
- Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
- O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act I, scene 1
- Synonyms:
- requite
requital meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
requital in Hindi
- requital
- शुद्धि śuddhi
requital in Tamil
- பிரதிகருமம்
requital in Urdu
- requital, reward
- ثواب savāb
requital in Malayalam
- return, repayment, payment
- പ്രത്യർപ്പണം, തിരിച്ചടവ്, തിര്യെക്കൊടുക്കൽ, മടക്കിക്കൊടുക്കൽ, തിരിച്ചടയ്ക്കൽ, കടമടവ്
- revenge, vengeance, retribution
- പ്രതികാരം ചെയ്യൽ, പകരംവീട്ടൽ, പ്രതികാരം, യാതനം, പകവീഴ്ച, പ്രത്യപകാരം
More languagesFewer languages
- requital in Kannada
- ಮುಯ್ಯಿ
- requital in Sanskrit
- प्रतिकार pratikāra, परिवर्तन parivártana
Examples of requital in a sentence
- What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 309–310:
- But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.2009, Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Nature of Love, page 233:
Synonyms of requital
- requite
- satisfaction
- amends
- acquittal
- bote
- compensation
- indemnification
- indemnity
- mends
- recompensation
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Forms of requital
| plural | requitals |
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Origin of requital
From requite + -al. First attested in 1545.
Words formed from requital
Words that rhyme with requital
Questions about requital
- What does requital mean?
- Requital means compensation for damage or loss; amends.
- What is requital in Hindi?
- Requital in Hindi is शुद्धि (śuddhi). See Requital meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use requital in a sentence?
- What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.
- What part of speech is requital?
- Requital is a noun.
- How do you pronounce requital?
- Requital is pronounced /ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/.
- What is the plural of requital?
- The plural of requital is requitals.
Words near requital in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: requital (page history and authors); शुद्धि (Hindi) (page history and authors); requital (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ثواب (Urdu) (page history and authors); requital (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); requital (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); परिवर्तन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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