Requital

n.

1.

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.

Noun	1.	requital - a justly deserved penalty Synonyms: retribution
	2.	requital - an act of requiting; returning in kind

amends, atonement, blood money, comeuppance, compensation, consideration, damages, desert, deserts, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, making good, meed, paying back, payment, price, punishment, quid pro quo, quittance, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requitement, restitution, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward, salvage, satisfaction, smart money, solatium, squaring, vengeance, wergild, what is due, what is merited

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