requital Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a justly deserved penalty
    retribution.
  2. noun an act of requiting; returning in kind
    payment.

WordNet

Re*quit"al noun
Etymology
From Requite.
Definitions
  1. The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
    No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller.
    Syn. -- Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.

Webster 1913