requiter


re·quite

R0170200 (rĭ-kwīt′)tr.v. re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing, re·quites 1. a. To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion: "Pearl felt the sentiment, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).b. To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing).2. a. To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person's action or emotion: "If he love me to madness, I shall never requite him" (Shakespeare).b. To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.
[Middle English requiten : re-, re- + quiten, to pay; see quit.]
re·quit′a·ble adj.re·quit′er n.