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re⋅quite

  [ri-kwahyt]
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–verb (used with object), -quit⋅ed, -quit⋅ing.
1. to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
2. to make retaliation for (a wrong, injury, etc.); avenge.
3. to make return to (a person, group, etc.) for service, benefits, etc.
4. to retaliate on (a person, group, etc.) for a wrong, injury, etc.
5. to give or do in return.
Origin:
1520–30; re- + obs. quite, var. of quit

Related forms:
re⋅quit⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅quite⋅ment, noun
re⋅quit⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. repay, reward, recompense, compensate, pay, remunerate, reimburse. 2. revenge.

Antonyms:
2. forgive.
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re·quite   (rĭ-kwīt')   
tr.v.   re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing, re·quites

  1. To make repayment or return for: requite another's love. See Synonyms at reciprocate.

  2. To avenge.


[Middle English requiten : re-, re- + quiten, to pay; see quit.]
re·quit'a·ble adj., re·quit'er n.
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Word Origin & History

requite 
1529, from M.E. re- "back" + quite "clear, pay up" (see quit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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