requital

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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

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

The loftiest love is that which gets not nor expects requital.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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 Fitzroy, Robert

The conception of requital implies that of time; therefore eternal justice cannot be requital.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur