requited

Feelings given back

Requited means returned or reciprocated, almost always describing love or affection.

Unrequited love is one-sided; requited love flows both ways.

The word appears far less often than its negative: At last, her feelings were requited.

Outside of romance, requited can describe any favor or wrong repaid in kind.

reciprocal

returned

Went back again

matched · exchanged · corresponded · mirrored · acknowledged · responded · counterpart · two-way · shared · bilateral

compensated

repaid

Returned what was borrowed

reimbursed · compensated · paid · settled · avenged · redressed · atoned · indemnified · squared

fulfilled

satisfied

Having enough, wanting nothing

completed · consummated · realized · answered · vindicated · validated · accomplished · settled · resolved · achieved

romantic

love

Intense fond attachment

adoration · beloved · courtship · longing · desire · sweetheart · amorous · cherished · enamored · smitten

Opposites
reciprocity of feeling or action

requitedunrequited

Not returned in kind

unreciprocated · unreturned · one-sided · unanswered · unacknowledged

response to action or debt

requitedunrequited

Not returned in kind

unrepaid · unavenged · unfulfilled · uncompensated · unrewarded

Family

requite, requital, unrequited, requites

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G