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requital (s) (noun), requitals (pl)
An action done in response, repayment, or retaliation for some other act that was done previously: The police officer expressed a positive requital of praise for the woman who warned him that someone was sneaking up behind him with a club and a different requital of hitting the villain and arresting that person for trying to attack him.
In a bad sense, punishment; in a good sense, a reward or recompense.
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A response that is a repayment, or a retaliation, for something that was done before. (1)
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