requital

Example Sentences

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That giving must be done with a free Heart, without expecting a Requital.

From Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Bell, Captain Henry

But if Thou now beguile me, then by my son's head I swear—an evil fate shall overtake thee, Requital such that Tsar Ivan Vasilievich Shall shudder in his grave with horror of it.

From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Hayes, Alfred

Requital for the assassination of the Austrian heir apparent and the Pan-Serb propaganda serves as a stalking-horse.

From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

Do but you send him a Physician, Medicines and Necessaries without Hope of Requital; and trust me, that will be an handsome Assistance, most nobly becoming a generous Mind and a charitable Man.

From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

But of him yet further Whom thou little trustest, And thou suspectest his affection, Before him thou should'st laugh, And contrary to thy thoughts speak; Requital should the gift resemble.

From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by MacClintock, Porter Lander