requital

[ ri-kwahyt-l ]

/ rɪˈkwaɪt l /

the act of requiting.

a return or reward for service, kindness, etc.

a retaliation for a wrong, injury, etc.

something given or done as repayment, reward, punishment, etc., in return.

Origin of requital

First recorded in 1570–80; requite + -al²

non·re·quit·al, noun un·re·quit·al, noun

The first group of historical details dealt first with God's mercies, and passed on to man's requital.

The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 |Alexander Maclaren
I will well that you have this consolation, in requital of the buffets he gave you on my account.'

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio |Giovanni Boccaccio
At the same time he courteously refused all requital for the aid he had rendered.

William Shakespeare as he lived. |Henry Curling
The days of visitation have come, have come the days of requital.

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I |George Adam Smith

Above all, as to love, we shrink from the thought of requital.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder |James De Mille

requital

/ (rɪˈkwaɪtəl) /

the act or an instance of requiting

a return or compensation for a good or bad action