REQUITES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

requites

verb

present tense third-person singular of requite

as in compensates

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury 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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as in avenges

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for 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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as in repays

to make a return for I fear my love for her will never be requited

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owes

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Verb

That's because the remaining healthy testicle often compensates by producing enough testosterone and sperm on its own.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026
The more useful question is what the current price assumes, what could change those assumptions, and whether the likely return compensates investors for the risks.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of compensates

Verb

Patrick Henry’s win against the Western League foe Dons avenges a 13-3 second-round playoff loss to Cathedral Catholic in the double-elimination playoffs.

— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Competing alongside two Americans, Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly), Lee methodically dispatches Han’s henchmen and avenges his sister’s death in the process.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 May 2026

Definition of avenges

Verb

Town Attorney Connor Nolan also suggested that the town make an agreement that if FEMA reimburses the town, a portion of that would be shared with the city of Warsaw.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Under that deal, the federal government reimburses Walton County $72 per inmate per day.

— Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of reimburses

Verb

And now, that should produce a release date that satisfies audiences.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Central to the reorganization is an institutional separation between standard setting and conformity assessment—the process used to determine whether a product, facility or company satisfies those standards.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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