the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > be due to requite (2)
transitive. To have or cherish towards another (a feeling, regarded as something yet to be put into action); to bear (good or ill will). Now…
figurative. transitive. Owed; had to repay (esp. an ill turn, shame, etc.). Cf. owe, v. 4. Obsolete.