Definition of: requite

(ri·kwīt′) v.t. ·quit·ed, ·quit·ing
1. To make equivalent return for, as kindness, service, or injury; make up for.
2. To make return to; compensate or repay in kind: Does she requite me for my love?
3. To give or do in return. [<RE- + quite, obs. var. of QUIT]
—re·quit′a·ble adjective
—re·quit′er noun Synonyms: avenge, compensate, pay, punish, quit, reciprocate, recompense, remunerate, repay, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy. Requite is often used in the more general sense of recompense or repay, but always with the suggestion, at least, of the original idea of full equivalent. To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received or the right or wrong done; but to requite is to make such return as to quit oneself of all obligation of favor or hostility, of punishment or reward. See PAY. Antonyms: absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, slight.