requite

/ˌriˈkwaɪt/

Other forms: requited; requiting; requites

You can requite a friend’s kindness by doing your friend a favor or by being kind in return. Requite means "to repay or return."

To requite something is to return it. However, saying that you want to requite a gift means that you want to give something in return for it — not that you want to return the gift to the store for some quick cash. Requite is often used in the context of love; if you requite someone’s love, you love that person back. Requite can also be used in a negative sense. Someone who wants to requite an injury wants payback for it.

Definitions of requite

1. verb

   make repayment for or return something
   synonyms: repay

   types:

   pay

   make a compensation for

   type of:

   give

   transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody