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What (who) is Requite - definition

Requite

·vt To Repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to Reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to Punish.

requite

[r?'kw??t]

¦ verb formal

1. make appropriate return for (a favour or demonstration of affection, or a wrongdoing).

2. return a favour to.

Derivatives

requital noun

Origin

C16: from re- + obs. quite, var. of quit.

requite

v. a.

1.

Reward, recompense, compensate, remunerate, reciprocate, satisfy, pay, repay.

2.

Retaliate, avenge, punish, revenge.

Examples of use of Requite

1. Thus We requited them for their ingratitude: would We thus requite any but the totally ungrateful?

2. "Thus shall We requite all unbelievers." Then we begin to hear loud, harsh voices.

3. "Indeed God is Almighty, Much–Forgiving." He is certainly able to create all sorts of fine and beautiful creatures, as also to requite people for their actions.

4. For this, he hopes, the shahids will requite him when the day comes by helping him obtain a good place near them in paradise.

5. Therefore, God punished them for their ingratitude, letting floods destroy their gardens. «Thus We requited them for their ingratitude: would We thus requite any but the totally ungrateful.» Until then they had remained in their villages and homes.