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
Her language to Lord George was even worse, for she told him that his "counsel was a very sorry requital for the generous hospitality her father had always extended to him."
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
"Still, there are young ladies in the world who would vouchsafe to bear me company in requital for being placed at the head of such a house as this."
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
Maria then began to consider what adequate requital she could possibly make me.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
"Do ye in all truth follow the doctrine that bids you suffer without requital?" he demanded, even while feeling that his logic was impotent.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
