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

requiting

verb

present participle of requite

as in compensating

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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compensating
satisfying
reimbursing
recompensing
repaying
indemnifying
paying
remunerating
refunding
recouping
repairing
remedying
redressing
discharging
quitting

as in avenging

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

avenging
revenging
retaliating
punishing
redressing
venging
penalizing
repaying
compensating
correcting
recompensing
scourging
chastising
chastening
disciplining
getting even (for)
fixing
castigating
righting
getting
paying (back)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

excusing
forgiving
remitting
condoning
pardoning
absolving

as in repaying

to make a return for I fear my love for her will never be requited

Synonyms & Similar Words

repaying
reciprocating
recompensing
exchanging
compensating
satisfying
revenging
reimbursing
remunerating
paying
refunding
retaliating
avenging
indemnifying
giving back
restituting
recouping
getting back (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

owing

单词	requiting
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 requiting verb present participle of requite 1 as in compensating to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury 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 Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance compensating satisfying reimbursing recompensing repaying indemnifying paying remunerating refunding recouping repairing remedying redressing discharging quitting 2 as in avenging to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for 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 Synonyms & Similar Words avenging revenging retaliating punishing redressing venging penalizing repaying compensating correcting recompensing scourging chastising chastening disciplining getting even (for) fixing castigating righting getting paying (back) Antonyms & Near Antonyms excusing forgiving remitting condoning pardoning absolving 3 as in repaying to make a return for I fear my love for her will never be requited Synonyms & Similar Words repaying reciprocating recompensing exchanging compensating satisfying revenging reimbursing remunerating paying refunding retaliating avenging indemnifying giving back restituting recouping getting back (at) Antonyms & Near Antonyms owing
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requite

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