requite

verb

re·quite ri-ˈkwīt How to pronounce requite (audio)

requited; requiting

transitive verb

: to make return for : repay

: to make retaliation for : avenge

: to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury

requiter noun

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You might be familiar with the phrase "unrequited love." Love that has not been requited is love that has not been returned or paid back in kind, which brings us to the common denominator in the above definitions for requite—the idea of repayment, recompense, or retribution. The quite in requite is a now obsolete English verb meaning "to quit" or "to pay." (Quite is also related to the English verb quit, the oldest meanings of which include "to pay up" and "to set free.") Quiten, the Middle English source of quite, can be traced back through Anglo-French to Latin quietus, meaning "quiet" or "at rest," a word which is also an ancestor of the English word quiet.

Example Sentences

the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels

Recent Examples on the Web Employers ought to requite that trust by mandating that their staff who work indoors with other employees are vaccinated for Covid-19.

Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 30 July 2021 Instead, the inciting incidents are all common or garden-variety romantic mishaps — infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, feelings undeclared lest they're not requited.

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020 When the universal longing is finally requited, there is a sense of nationwide relief, bringing with it an almost immediate respite from the terrible heat.

New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019 The story, about a pair of orphaned sisters from Australia and their lifelong loves, requited and otherwise, is undeniably tragic.

New York Times, 3 Apr. 2018 That brotherly love, though, has yet to be fully requited with a Super Bowl title, something the Eagles finally will try to attain Sunday against New England.

Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2018 As the two wives, Stine and Summerfield conjure in moving ways with love reluctantly requited.

Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 9 Oct. 2017 See More

单词	requiters
释义	requite verb re·quite ri-ˈkwīt requited; requiting transitive verb 1 a : to make return for : repay b : to make retaliation for : avenge 2 : to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury requiter noun Did you know? You might be familiar with the phrase "unrequited love." Love that has not been requited is love that has not been returned or paid back in kind, which brings us to the common denominator in the above definitions for requite—the idea of repayment, recompense, or retribution. The quite in requite is a now obsolete English verb meaning "to quit" or "to pay." (Quite is also related to the English verb quit, the oldest meanings of which include "to pay up" and "to set free.") Quiten, the Middle English source of quite, can be traced back through Anglo-French to Latin quietus, meaning "quiet" or "at rest," a word which is also an ancestor of the English word quiet. Synonyms compensate indemnify recompense recoup remunerate satisfy See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels Recent Examples on the Web Employers ought to requite that trust by mandating that their staff who work indoors with other employees are vaccinated for Covid-19. Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 30 July 2021 Instead, the inciting incidents are all common or garden-variety romantic mishaps — infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, feelings undeclared lest they're not requited. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020 When the universal longing is finally requited, there is a sense of nationwide relief, bringing with it an almost immediate respite from the terrible heat. New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019 The story, about a pair of orphaned sisters from Australia and their lifelong loves, requited and otherwise, is undeniably tragic. New York Times, 3 Apr. 2018 That brotherly love, though, has yet to be fully requited with a Super Bowl title, something the Eagles finally will try to attain Sunday against New England. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2018 As the two wives, Stine and Summerfield conjure in moving ways with love reluctantly requited. Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 9 Oct. 2017 See More Word History Etymology re- + obsolete quite to quit, pay, from Middle English quiten — more at quit entry 1 First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a requiters noun plural of requiter as in chastisers Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance chastisers avengers punishers vigilantes righters revengers castigators redressers scourges nemeses Antonyms & Near Antonyms redeemers vindicators ransomers
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requite

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