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unrequiting

unrequiting adjective: that does not requite or reciprocate.

Adjective

unrequiting (not comparable)

  1. That does not requite or reciprocate.
    • The critic rather proves his point with a weird interpretation about an unrequiting lady turning the poet into ashes […]2008, Luis de Góngora, Selected Poems of Luis de Góngora: A Bilingual Edition, page 251

Origin of unrequiting

From un- + requiting.

Questions about unrequiting

What does unrequiting mean?
Unrequiting means that does not requite or reciprocate.
What part of speech is unrequiting?
Unrequiting is an adjective.

Words near unrequiting in the dictionary

  1. unrequited
  2. unrequited love
  3. unrequitedly
  4. unrequitedness
  5. unrequitement
  6. unrequiting
  7. unresalable
  8. unresaleable
  9. unrescaled
  10. unrescindable
  11. unrescinded

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