in+requital+for+or+of
11requital — noun (U) formal 1 payment for something done or given 2 something that you do to harm someone who has harmed you …
12tit for tat — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reprisal, retribution, requital; see exchange 2 , revenge 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of retaliating: counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reciprocation, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution,… …
13tit for tat — noun an equivalent given in return • Hypernyms: ↑return, ↑paying back, ↑getting even * * * n blow for blow, retaliation, revenge, requital, reprisal, measure for measure, counterblow, counterbuff, countercharge FORMAL quid pro quo,lex talionis …
14To pay for — Pay Pay (p[=a]), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. [1913 Webster] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return… …
15tit for tat — revenge, retaliation, requital, counterblow, counterstroke, countercharge; Latin, quid pro quo. a Roland for an Oliver, blow for a blow, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, measure for measure, pound for pound, lex talonis, talion; dose or taste… …
16repay — verb (repaid; paying) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to pay back < repay a loan > b. to give or inflict in return or requital < repay evil for evil > 2. to make a return payment to ; …
17recompense — recompensable, adj. recompenser, n. /rek euhm pens /, v., recompensed, recompensing, n. v.t. 1. to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc. 2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the… …
18recompense — [c]/ˈrɛkəmpɛns / (say rekuhmpens) verb (recompensed, recompensing) –verb (t) 1. to make compensation to (a person, etc.); repay, remunerate, reward, or requite for service, aid, etc. 2. to make compensation for; make a return or requital for.… …
19Improperia — • The reproaches which in the liturgy of the Office of Good Friday the Saviour is made to utter against the Jews, who, in requital for all the Divine favours and particularly for the delivery from the bondage of Egypt and safe conduct into the… …
20recompense — [rek′əm pens΄] vt. recompensed, recompensing [ME recompensen < MFr recompenser < LL recompensare: see RE & COMPENSATE] 1. to repay (a person, etc.); reward; compensate 2. to make repayment or requital for; compensate (a loss, injury, etc.)… …
