[ UK /ɹɪkwˈa‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. make repayment for or return something
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How To Use requite In A Sentence

  • Shakespearean tales of love as sacrifice, conquest or unrequited passion are beyond reason.
  • Convince Banudi of his love, and plot with him a way to requite it.
  • Call me a fool to be holding onto this unrequited love for so long.
  • Also, I'm pretty sure that his intuition is correct about the unrequited bromance.
  • These are put on show alongside her own recent and new pieces that deal with such shared themes as loneliness, longing and unrequited love. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it certainly didn't feel like it at the time", referring to the unrequited loves, an ill-advised brief engagement and other romantic incidents that fill her diary when she was in her twenties. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • Her mother was a distant figure, and throughout her childhood Jane nourished a desperate love for her that she felt was unrequited.
  • There are illegitimate children over the years, accusations of collusion with Nazis, shadowy tales of unrequited longing and profound unfairness.
  • In this mood she sought out Arbaces, presenting herself as one loving unrequitedly, and seeking in sorrow the aid of wisdom. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
  • In most cases this love goes unrequited, as we are constantly let down by the object of our desire. Times, Sunday Times
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