REQUITALS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

requitals

noun

plural of requital

as in damages

payment to another for a loss or injury the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire

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as in payments

something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house

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as in retaliations

the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury "an eye for an eye" is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries

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Noun

The Family Dollar employee suffered damages, including losses in compensation and benefits, medical expenses, and anxiety and emotional distress, according to the EEOC.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
The suit seeks unspecified damages for claims including legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and racketeering.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of damages

Noun

Solowin Holdings signed a memorandum in April with SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's venture arm, to incubate an AI payments project called AGENPAY.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Peter Gwaltney, president and CEO of the North Carolina Bankers Association, said contactless payments give consumers more flexibility, security and a smoother checkout.

— Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of payments

Noun

Over the past year, countries rushed to secure piecemeal deals; some allowed panic to overtake them; very few coordinated their actions or retaliations.

— Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
Neither country can afford to return to the prior tariff rates during the heat of tit-for-tat retaliations, which freaked out Big Tech earlier this year.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

Definition of retaliations

Noun

This type of insurance can help cover the costs tied to leftover Medicare deductibles, co-insurances, co-pays and hospital costs.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Be sure to investigate co-pays, deductibles, and what’s covered for birthing classes and specialty tests.

— Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Definition of pays

Noun

What starts as a petty territorial conflict mutates into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and ruin.

— Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Surveys are important, too, so workers feel safe to speak up without any retributions.

— Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of retributions

Noun

Over time, those compensations accumulate into structural inefficiency that is difficult to unwind and even harder to justify correcting.

— Kristofer Mussar, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.

— Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026

Definition of compensations

Noun

The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of wages

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