requite
Return in kind
Requite means to repay or return in kind.
You can requite a favor with gratitude, or requite an injury with revenge.
The word appears most often in its negative form: unrequited love is love not returned.
She hoped her devotion would be requited.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned in everyday speech.
Return money owed
- returnGo back again
- recompensePayment for loss
- reciprocateReturn in kind
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
mutuality · give-and-take · quid-pro-quo · tit-for-tat · in-kind · matching · correspond · answer
Punish on behalf of
- retaliateRespond to injury alike
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
settle scores · get even · punish · nemesis · vindicate · redress · reckoning · comeuppance
Express gratitude to
- appreciateRecognize value or merit
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- recognizePerceive as known
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
tribute · repayment · indebtedness · beholden · grateful · reward · compensate · remunerate
repay
Return money owed
- returnGo back again
- recompensePayment for loss
- reciprocateReturn in kind
exchange · mutuality · give-and-take · quid-pro-quo · tit-for-tat · in-kind · matching · correspond · answer · respond
avenge
Punish on behalf of
- retaliateRespond to injury alike
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
payback · settle scores · get even · punish · nemesis · vindicate · redress · reckoning · comeuppance · reprisal
thank
Express gratitude to
- appreciateRecognize value or merit
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- recognizePerceive as known
honor · tribute · repayment · indebtedness · beholden · grateful · reward · compensate · remunerate · bless
longing
Intense, persistent desire
ardor · yearning · pining · adoration · spurned · rejected · unreciprocated · one-sided · hopeless · constant
- retributionretribution, revenge, payback, vengeance, retaliation
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct