requitableadj.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 130 Some guerdon requitable of his ken of all his pining thoughtes to win her affections.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 578 Good turnes are so long acceptable, as they may be requitable.

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 94 God's Favours.., how little they are requitable: for we can give Him nothing, but his owne.

1849 B. Monroe Rep. Court of Appeals Kentucky 9 643 In equity, the actual assignment of the right of the wife, is not always regarded as depriving the wife of the requitable right to a settlement.

1869 A. Bain Moral Sci. ii. 133 Unrequitable benefits from an equal engender secret hatred, but from a superior, love... Requitable benefits, even from equals or inferiors, dispose to love.

1948 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 8 521 It all depends..on the nature of the intervention, whether it serves the satisfaction of needs and the acquisition of new, requitable needs.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 16 Mar. 19 This was a love that would not have been requitable.