requital
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/
Definition of requital
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
- (countable, uncountable)Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
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(countable, uncountable)Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
“O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.”
“My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.”
“In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.”
“What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.”
“But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From requite + -al, 1570-1580.
Words you can make from requital
156 playable · top: QUARTILE (17 pts)
Best play quartile 17 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
38 words- EQUAL 14 pts
- QUAIL 14 pts
- QUALE 14 pts
- QUARE 14 pts
- QUART 14 pts
- QUATE 14 pts
- QUIET 14 pts
- QUILT 14 pts
- QUIRE 14 pts
- QUIRT 14 pts
- QUITE 14 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- ARIEL 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- AUREI 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- LATER 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- LUTEA 5 pts
- RATEL 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- TALER 5 pts
- TELIA 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TRAIL 5 pts
- TRIAL 5 pts
- TUILE 5 pts
- ULTRA 5 pts
- URAEI 5 pts
- URATE 5 pts
- UREAL 5 pts
- URIAL 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
- UTILE 5 pts
4-letter words
48 words- QUAI 13 pts
- QUIT 13 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRL 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- QAT 12 pts
- QUA 12 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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