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. © ALL rights are reserved.

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