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requital

noun
/ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/

Etymology

From requite + -al, 1570-1580.

  1. derived from requiter
  2. derived from *kʷyeh₁-✻ — “to rest; peace, rest”
  3. derived from quiētus — “at rest; quiet”
  4. derived from quitter — “to free, liberate”
  5. inherited from requiten — “to repay”
  6. suffixed as requital — “requite + al”

Definitions

  1. Compensation for damage or loss

    Compensation for damage or loss; amends.

  2. Retaliation or reprisal

    Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.

  3. Return in kind

    Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.

    • O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.
    • My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.
    • In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at requital. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at requital. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at requital

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA