requital means compensation for damage or loss; amends. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
requital is pronounced /ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/.
Why “requital” is a great word
REQUITAL — [Noun] An act of making repayment or return, whether in compensation, retaliation, or gratitude. From the English verb 'requite' (meaning to make return for, repay, or avenge) + the noun-forming suffix '-al', first attested in the period 1570–1580. Unlike 'retribution,' which implies a deserved punishment for a wrong, or 'reimbursement,' which denotes a formal repayment of money, 'requital' is the neutral and expansive currency of all human exchange. It is the cold coin left on the mantel, the precisely calibrated insult returned for a slight, or the unexpected kindness offered to a stranger—the quiet machinery of balance by which all social bonds are either honored or severed.
Etymology
From requite + -al, 1570-1580.
noun
- Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
- Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
- 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.”