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

"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 Miller, Elizabeth

Then, I owe my life to this fair Norman; such a debt upon my honour calls aloud for a full requital.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

When you are visiting another city, and receiving civilities from some of its inhabitants, it is an ill requital for their attentions to disparage their place, and glorify your own.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza

For all the wrong of slavery requital must be made, submissively, ungrudgingly, repentantly.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.