Hypertext Webster Gateway: "requital"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Requital \Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From {Requite}.]
The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good
or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation;
recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense,
retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital
can efface their love. --Waller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
requital
n 1: a justly deserved penalty [syn: {retribution}]
2: an act of requiting; returning in kind
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