requital

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REQUI'TAL, noun [from requite.] 1. Return for any office, good or bad; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation or punishment, as the requital of evil deeds. 2. Return; reciprocal action. No merit their aversion can remove, nor ill requital can efface their love.
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