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requital|rɪˈkwaɪtəl|
[f. requite v. + -al1.]
1. Return for some service, kindness, etc.; recompense or reward for action or exertion. † Also, power of making a return.
1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 62 To minister superabundant matter of sufficient requitall. 1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 35 First begin a freendshippe, for he wyl make fullye requital. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. i. (1840) 115 So unwelcome are courtesies to them when above their requital. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. xi. 48 To receive benefits..as long as there is hope of requital, disposeth to love. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 175 Whose bold perseverance at length reap'd requital. a1871Grote Eth. Fragm. i. (1876) 11 Such and such behaviour [is] to be rendered on his part, such and such sentiments to be manifested as requital on theirs.
b. In phr. in († rarely for) requital (of).
1590Greene Never too late (1600) 37 Ready for requitall of such gracious countenance, to vnsheath my sword. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. i. 153 In requital whereof, henceforth, carry your letters your selfe. 1627Sanderson Serm., ad Clerum ii. (1681) 25 Giving such constructions to Gods truth as will for Requital give largest Allowance to their Practices. 1634Milton Comus 626 He..Would sit, and hearken even to extasie, And in requitall ope his leather'n scrip [etc.]. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece i. v. (1715) 22 In requital of all his former Kindnesses, they basely deserted him. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. v. 172 Requesting a sum of money..and offering in requital to withdraw from the province. 1839Carlyle Chartism iv. (1858) 16 There is not a horse willing to work but can get food and shelter in requital.
c. With a and pl. A return or repayment (for or of something).
a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 360 The best requital that we can make for our good cheer. 1613Wither Epigr. xvi. To School-master, Your love doth well deserve to have Better requitalls than are in my power. 1648Boyle Seraph. Love xiv. (1700) 90 All the Duties we can pay our Maker, are less properly Requitals than Restitutions. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. ix. 285 He fear'd he should have but a poor requital from the king. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 559 It might seem to be an ungrateful requital of the unquestioned services of the Company.
2. Return or repayment of an injury, etc.; retaliation, revenge. Const. of, for.
1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 62 Doubting thee Troians blooddye reuengment, And also fearing thee Greekish fyrie requital. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xxxii. §3 If..we should take the quarrel of sermons in hand, and revenge their cause by requital. a1602W. Perkins Cases Consc. (1619) 200 Men are content to lay aside all hatred and requitall of euill. 1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 189 Remember how they mangle our Brittish Names abroad; what trespasse were it, if wee in requitall should as much neglect theirs? 1869Farrar Fam. Speech iii. (1873) 106 In requital it may be, for many injuries. 1885Manch. Exam. 30 Mar. 5/1 In requital of that shameful act of perfidy.
3. Compensation for a want. rare.
1885Manch. Weekly Times 7 Feb. 5/5 The common sense which, in requital for the want of more showy qualities, we may claim as the attribute of Englishmen. |