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English Dictionary: requital by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
requital
n
  1. a justly deserved penalty
    Synonym(s): retribution, requital
  2. an act of requiting; returning in kind
    Synonym(s): requital, payment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Requital \Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From {Requite}.]
      The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good
      or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation;
      recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense,
      retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
  
               No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital
               can efface their love.                           --Waller.
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