Antonyms for requite
rɪˈkwaɪtre·quite

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1. requite

   To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received, or the right or wrong done; but to requite (according to its etymology) is to make so full and adequate a return as to quit oneself of all obligation of favor or hostility, of punishment or reward. Requite is often used in the more general sense of recompense or repay, but always with the suggestion, at least, of the original idea of full equivalent; when one speaks of requiting kindness with ingratitude, the expression gains force from the comparison of the actual with the proper and appropriate return. Compare PAY.

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass over, slight

   Synonyms:
   avenge, compensate, pay, pay off, punish, quit, reciprocate, recompense, remunerate, repay, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle with

   Preposition:
   To requite injury with injury is human, but not Christian.

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1. requite

   Antonyms:
   misrequite, defraud, condone, absolve, pardon

   Synonyms:
   repay, reward, compensate, recompense, remunerate, satisfy, retaliate, punish, avenge, revenge

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1. requite, repayverb

   make repayment for or return something

   Synonyms:
   return, give back, pay back, repay, come back, reward, refund, retort, riposte, rejoin

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1. requiteverb

   Synonyms:
   compensate, remunerate, repay, pay, retaliate, avenge, reciprocate

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