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requitement

requitement noun: requital.

Noun

requitement (countable and uncountable, plural requitements)

  1. (obsolete) requital
    • The erle Douglas sore beyng greued with the losse of his nacion and frendes, entendyng a requitement if it were possible of the same‥did gather a houge armie.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...
    • Hamlet would requite his loves. Hewitt has soured on requitements. Hamlet would teach deep drinking. Hewitt is on the temperance dodge.1880, Puck, volume 7, page 126

Forms of requitement

pluralrequitements

Origin of requitement

From requite + -ment.

Questions about requitement

What does requitement mean?
Requitement means requital.
What part of speech is requitement?
Requitement is a noun.
What is the plural of requitement?
The plural of requitement is requitements.

Words near requitement in the dictionary

  1. requite
  2. requited
  3. requitedst
  4. requiteful
  5. requiteless
  6. requitement
  7. requitements
  8. requiter
  9. requiters
  10. requites
  11. requitest

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