reยทquite
[rษหkwฤซt]
VERB
formal
requite (verb) ยท requites (third person present) ยท requited (past tense) ยท requited (past participle) ยท requiting (present participle)
make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing):
"they are quick to requite a kindness"
synonyms:
avenge ยท exact revenge for ยท revenge ยท retaliate for ยท pay someone back for ยท get/have/take one's revenge ยท take reprisals ยท settle old scores ยท settle the score with someone ยท take an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) ยท give tit for tat ยท get even ยท give someone their just deserts ยท give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine ยท give as good as one gets ยท give like for like
return a favor to (someone):
"to win enough to requite my friends"
synonyms:
return ยท reciprocate ยท match ยท reward ยท repay ยท recompense ยท guerdon
respond to (love or affection); return:
"she did not requite his love"
synonyms:
reciprocate ยท return ยท feel/give in return
ORIGIN
early 16th century: from re- โbackโ + obsolete quite, variant of the verb quit.