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requite

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
requite /rɪˈkwʌɪt/

▶verb formal

1 make appropriate return for (a favour or demonstration of affection, or a wrongdoing).

2 return a favour to.

– derivatives
requital noun.

– origin C16: from re- + obs. quite, var. of quit.

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