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 vehicle, which was still in motion, rolled into a nearby house and caused more than $5,000 in damages, the report said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
If Hurts doesn’t recover from his blood clots, potential damages could be massive.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of damages

Noun

The third round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days.

— Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
Analysts said checking accounts are more insulated because they are tied to everyday payments, while savings accounts, where customers are more focused on earning higher yields, could face greater competition.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of payments

Noun

The new president has vowed a crackdown, which Guzmán warns could lead to retaliations that target critical infrastructure.

— Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of retaliations

Noun

From the unfulfilled promise of 40 acres and a mule, to modern day reparations proposals — initiatives to address the legacy of slavery are entering a new era of political uncertainty.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
In 2018, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy, and the Department of Justice sold the record to help pay his reparations.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of reparations

Noun

GoCardless hires graduates from any discipline but still encourages them to qualify as accountants and pays for the exams.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
This is a limit on the total cost-sharing consumers pay during the year — including co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 12 Oct. 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 president has touted billions of dollars in federal investment projects as evidence of prosperity and pointed to rising wages in the manufacturing sector as evidence of an economic turnaround.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Similar disruptions have spread steadily across Bangladesh’s industrial zones since August, driven by sudden factory shutdowns, widespread layoffs and employers’ failure to pay wages and other dues.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

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