REQUITED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

requited

verb

past tense of requite

as in compensated

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit

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as in avenged

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels

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as in repaid

to make a return for I fear my love for her will never be requited

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owed

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Recent Examples of requited But after years of wooing Silicon Valley, the Defense Department’s interest became requited, with companies like Amazon seeing opportunities to replace the government’s hodge-podge data centers with cloud computing, for which the Pentagon was offering a $10 billion contract prize in 2019. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025

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As creators take on political topics, questions often surface about whether influencers are being compensated.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
This decrease in state funds was compensated for in 2026 by an additional $53 million in research awards from industry partners.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of compensated

Verb

Both teams are in a similar boat as SEC contenders that have avenged an early season conference loss.

— PJ Green October 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Here are three takeaways from UCLA’s fifth win, which kept the Bruins among nine remaining undefeated Football Bowl Subdivision schools and avenged one of Chesney’s two losses last season when his magical run at James Madison ended against Oregon.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of avenged

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As post-Covid debts mature, a record share of poor countries net-repaid the IMF in 2026 – a drain set to widen by 2030.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Some women even took out personal loans after Love promised they would quickly be repaid, the affidavit says.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of repaid

Verb

The prescriptions were often billed to and reimbursed by Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, the lawsuit says.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
A little under $700,000 was improperly reimbursed because those dollars went towards visits to an escape room, restaurants, bars, a strip club and a gym, according to investigators.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of reimbursed

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