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    [Verb]  | "re*quite" | \ ri-ˈkwīt \


    1: to make return for : repay

    2: to make retaliation for : avenge

    3: to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Re- + obsolete quite to quit, pay, from Middle English quiten{mat|quit:1|};

    [Verb]  | "requite" 


    1: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit "



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    2: to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for;


      * e.g., " ... the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels "



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    3: to make a return for;


      * e.g., " ... I fear my love for her will never be requited "



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     [ "requit" ]

    1: verb

      * e.g.,  ... William: "all those siccophants are damn annoying, i keep rejecting their friend requests, and they keep requesting me over and over!" 


     [ "requit" ]

    2: when a person deliberately witholds an expected action on a social networking site, so that they cannot be further requested.

      * e.g.,  ... Roger: "just requit them!" 

     [ "requited love" ]

    1: Requited love is something that is complete in itself which means it is reproduced and reciprocated by both the partners.Both really feels the true attachment, understand each other emotions and most importantly supports each other in every situation. They both lives together and enjoys their beautiful phase of life.

      * e.g.,  ... The requited love is the opposite of unrequited love 

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