Requite

/ɹɪˈkwaɪt/

Synonyms for "requite" (90 found)

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Strong matches (27)

emendevenexchangeget back atget even withget satisfactiongive and takegive satisfactiongratifyindemnifyinterchangekick backlogrollmake all squaremake amendsmake goodmake reparationmake requitalmake restitutionmake retribution
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make rightmake up formake up tomeritpaypay backpay damages

Related words (45)

pay in kindpay offpay reparationspermuteput rightput straightput to rightsquitreciprocaterecompenserecouprectifyredressrefundreimburseremedyremuneraterepayrespondrespond to
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retaliatereturnreturn the complimentrevengerewardrightsatisfyset rightset straightset to rightsset upsquareswapswitchtradetranspose

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requite a debtrequite a kindnessrequite gratituderequite loverequite vengeanceunrequited love

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Sample sentences

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"Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..."

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"But why the thankless story should ye hear? / Why stay your hand? If Grecians in your sight / are all alike, ye know enough; take here / your vengeance. Dearly will my death delight / Ulysses, well the deed will Atreus' sons requite."

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Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

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There are labours which no salary can remunerate, services which no fees can requite.

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