Synonyms for repay
riˈpeɪ

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1. refund, return, repay, give back(verb)

   pay back

   "Please refund me my money"

   Synonyms:
   recall, take back, reward, devolve, deliver, pay back, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back

2. requite, repay(verb)

   make repayment for or return something

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

3. reward, repay, pay back(verb)

   act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

   Synonyms:
   get, reinforce, pay back, riposte, honor, pay off, refund, retort, reward, fix, honour, return, requite, come back, rejoin, give back

4. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin(verb)

   answer back

   Synonyms:
   recall, take back, devolve, bring back, pay back, riposte, deliver, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, reward, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. repay

   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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. repay

   Synonyms:
   remunerate, reimburse, recompense, reward, retaliate, requiter, fund

   Antonyms:
   defraud, misappropriate, embezzle, waste, alienate, extort, confiscate, exact

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. repay(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   refund, reimburse, pay back, restore

2. repay(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   remunerate, compensate, reward, recompense, requite

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. repay(v)

   Synonyms:
   refund, restore, reimburse, recompense, requite, revenge, avenge, retaliate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   reimburse, refund, pay, amortize, rebate, depreciate, reimbursement, return

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How to use repay in a sentence?

1. Roger Stanton:

   What Mr. Dennis may have thought was a nickel and dime theft was, in the end, the equivalent of a major bank heist, now, he will be a convicted felon who must repay all the stolen money.

2. Kevin Clayton:

   We make a strong effort, any time a customer wants to purchase a home, to verify Clayton Homes have a reasonable ability to repay, it is in nobody's best interest if a home is foreclosed. In fact, if a home is foreclosed, everybody loses.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

4. Richard Ladkani:

   This is a vicious circle where people get more indebted, this one fisherman wound up owing the cartels $54,000 for 18 nets. He tried to get out, he finally came out and said there is no way I can repay the cartel. He was murdered.

5. Tammy Norvell:

   I can’t repay him.

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