requital
noun
re·quit·al ri-ˈkwī-tᵊl 
1
: something given in return, compensation, or retaliation
2
: the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited
Synonyms
- compensation
- damages
- indemnification
- indemnity
- quittance
- recompense
- recoupment
- redress
- remuneration
- reparation
- reprisal(s)
- restitution
- satisfaction
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Example Sentences
the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house
Recent Examples on the Web And reminding them that requital of a debt is the purest form of acknowledging that debt. 
William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020
William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020 Word History
First Known Use
1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1
requital
noun
1
as in reparation
payment to another for a loss or injury the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- reparation
- compensation
- damages
- recompense
- indemnity
- restitution
- redress
- punishment
- satisfaction
- indemnification
- quittance
- reprisal(s)
- recoupment
- remuneration
- expiation
- amends
- reimbursement
- repayment
- punitive damages
- atonement
- retaliation
- solatium
- adjustment
- settlement
- refund
2
as in compensation
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house Synonyms & Similar Words
- compensation
- payment
- pay
- recompense
- reparation
- consideration
- salary
- wage(s)
- remittance
- reimbursement
- remuneration
- outlay
- repayment
- indemnity
- rental
- restitution
- stipend
- adjustment
- refund
- redress
- settlement
- expenditure
- rebate
- prepayment
- deposit
- overpayment
- recoupment
- disbursement
- rent
3
as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury "an eye for an eye" is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries Synonyms & Similar Words
- revenge
- retaliation
- retribution
- vengeance
- punishment
- payback
- reprisal
- compensation
- chastisement
- recompense
- amends
- counterattack
- castigation
- indemnity
- correction
- restitution
- wrath
- counteroffensive
- counter
- penalty
- redress
- indemnification
- desert(s)
- quittance
- reparation(s)
- discipline
- recoupment
- remuneration
- nemesis
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mercy
- grace
- leniency
- clemency
- pardon
- forgiveness
- lenity
- remission
- materialisations
- materialise
- materialised
- materialiser
- materialisers
- materialises
- materialising
- materialism
- materialisms
- materialist
- materialistic
- materialistically
- materialists
- materialities
- materiality
- materialization
- materializations
- materialize
- materialized
- materializer
- materializers
- materializes
- materializing
- materially
- materialman