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Definition of Requiting

Requiting
Requite Re"quite" (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.] [Pref. re- + quit.] 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. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. --Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. --Ps. x. 14. Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.

Meaning of Requiting from wikipedia

- Reciprocal liking, also known as reciprocity of attraction, is the act of a person feeling an attraction to someone only upon learning or becoming aware...
- his father, Admiral William Penn, whose cash advances and services were requited, was called Pennsylvania. On August 24, 1682, to perfect his title, William...
- suffering of their abused and credulous fellow-countrymen, from whose ill-requited industry they extort for themselves the means of a plentiful and comfortable...
- Peretûm, "bridge of judgement" or "beam-shaped bridge") or the Bridge of the Requiter in Zoroastrianism is the sifting bridge, which separates the world of the...
- "Love Is Requited" is a single from Italian singer Elisa. The lyrics of the song were written by Michele von Buren and the music by Andrea Guerra for the...
- (/ˈæntərɒs/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀντέρως, romanized: Antérōs) is the god of requited love (literally "love returned" or "counter-love") and also the punisher...
- by the drunken miller Robin to "quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) "The Knight's Tale". The Miller's...
- in the woods. Captivated by the god's beauty, he kissed Apollo. Apollo requited his affections and wanting to reward him, bestowed prophetic skills on...
- proof divers ways of her affection which his Majestie is apt enough to requite." Fowler's insinuation, that James preferred men to women, would have been...
- narrators of many of her poems speak of infatuations and love (sometimes requited, sometimes not) for various females, but descriptions of physical acts...