requital

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /rɪˈkwaɪtl/ UK /rɪˈkwaɪtl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a return or repayment for a favor, service, or wrong

He gave his rescuer a gold ring in requital for saving his life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a return or repayment for a... repayment recompense retribution reward reciprocation compensation

Word family

Related forms requite quit

Etymology

From requite + -al; requite from re- ('back') + obsolete quite ('to repay, requite'), a variant of quit, from Old French quiter, from Latin quietare ('to make quiet, settle').

quiter Old French quietare Latin quies Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# requital

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈkwaɪtl/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈkwaɪtl/

## Meanings
1. a return or repayment for a favor, service, or wrong

## Examples
- He gave his rescuer a gold ring in requital for saving his life.

## Synonyms
- repayment
- recompense
- retribution
- reward
- reciprocation
- compensation

## Related Forms
- requite
- quit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quiter
- Root: quietare
- Root: quies

## Etymology
From requite + -al; requite from re- ('back') + obsolete quite ('to repay, requite'), a variant of quit, from Old French quiter, from Latin quietare ('to make quiet, settle').

## AI Etymology
Requital comes from requite + -al; requite from re- ('back') + obsolete quite ('to repay, requite'), a variant of quit, from Old French quiter, from Latin quietare ('to make quiet, settle'). The historical chain includes Old French quiter, Latin quietare, and Latin quies. Older glosses in the chain include "back", "to repay, requite", and "to make quiet, settle", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, requital is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a return or repayment for a favor, service, or wrong". related forms include requite and quit. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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