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
In requital, if you'll come to Growlers' Gully, where I'm hanging out, I can lay you on to a "show," as we miners call it, that may turn out something good.'
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
The subject, madam, Who, in his poor endeavour, can relieve A sovereign from distress, they, who are loyal, Will pour down blessings on him; that requital Threefold o'erpays his services.
From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by George Colman
The dark mystery of unrequited wrong was being illuminated by the righteous majesty of complete requital.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
This redemption and requital shall be wrought by God.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
