单词 | requitement |
释义 | requitementn. The action or an act of retaliation or revenge; return, reciprocation. Also: satisfaction, gratification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvijv The erle Douglas sore beyng greued with the losse of his nacion and frendes, entendyng a requitement if it were possible of thesame..did gather a houge armie. 1824 C. R. Maturin Albigenses III. iv. 29 Meanwhile, receive such requitement as we can give; sit at our board, and partake the meal. 1893 Strand Mag. 5 347/2 Dark deeds of requitement. 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 12 508 Involved in many cases, over and against the crime and the criminal charge demanding requitement, stands the human and humane factors. 1993 A. Wells Viking Magic viii. 106 She was melting, dissolving into stream of molten need, every nerve-end sensitised and throbbing for requitement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548 |
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