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单词 requitement
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requitementn.

Brit. /rᵻˈkwʌɪtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈkwaɪtm(ə)nt/, /riˈkwaɪtm(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: requite v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < requite v. + -ment suffix. Compare slightly earlier requital n., and slightly later requite n., requiting n.
The action or an act of retaliation or revenge; return, reciprocation. Also: satisfaction, gratification.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution
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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).
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