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Recent Examples of requital But criminal fines on companies — and on some individuals — have reached stratospheric heights, and that’s partly because the prospect of requital and deterrence seemed to require it. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024 The Trumpist version, however, begins and ends with the vision of a great leader on the brink of sinister overthrow and martyrdom—whose great love for the scorned nation behind him urgently requires immediate requital and redemption. Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2021 And reminding them that requital of a debt is the purest form of acknowledging that debt. William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requital
Noun
  • California’s reparations proposal remains the most ambitious, having recommended that eligible recipients receive up to $1.2 million each.
    Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In California, costly proposals from their reparations panel failed to be signed into law during the 2024 session, four years after the commission was created with significant fanfare.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Recipients can use an SSA calculator to figure out their payment total.
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Virginia Housing provided the first mortgage for the project and payments are about $125,000 a month.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The action was widely interpreted as an act of revenge after previous confrontations between the two cast members, prompting Bravo to suspend Moore and end her filming for the rest of the season.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The culmination of that legacy might well be the centrality of revenge to Donald Trump’s agenda.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In reality, the shift has been a long-term thing, a calculation over time that player compensation plus free movement, minus boundaries of any sort, equals damage on multiple fronts.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This period of uncertainty and change is the perfect time to explore small but strategic changes: pilot programs, experimental compensation models, and new wellness initiatives to search for any spark.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While many world leaders made the trek to Kyiv to stand with Ukrainian leaders, Mr. Trump focused on sealing a deal to claim the country’s natural resources as recompense for military aid.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • As Democrats moved left of most Appalachian voters, the money Byrd and his colleagues sent home was the recompense.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For employees nearing retirement or seeking a career shift, this offer could be the opportunity to exit federal service with full pay and flexibility.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Some workers have returned to their jobs, but hundreds remain on strike without pay.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those staff members have been furloughed until later in the year, the state of their future contracts unclear, according to a NOAA staffer speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The employees asked not to be named for fear of retribution.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Creating New Garden Beds Choosing the right spot for a new garden bed takes a lot of consideration.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But the once-inconceivable consideration of tax increases underscores the tricky task that Republicans have in meeting competing demands from fiscal hawks, moderates and tax slashers for the ambitious party-line bill — as well as the rise of populist instincts in the party.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Requital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requital. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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