requital
Example Sentences
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This nonsense gradually infected everything and the consequence was an underestimate which subsequently bought the bitterest requital.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the deeds which God will thus punish deserve, on the theory of punishment as prevention, no requital.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
Judith patted the little maid in requital of her courtesy, and then stole noiselessly up-stairs.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
What a miserable requital for the cruel neglect and iron injustice, which repaid the years of suffering and self-sacrifice, by which it was earned!
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.
Ill?" asked he, "it is merely a requital.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
