requital

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This nonsense gradually infected everything and the consequence was an underestimate which subsequently bought the bitterest requital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her language to Lord George was even worse, for she told him that his "counsel was a very sorry requital for the generous hospitality her father had always extended to him."

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

The subject, madam, Who, in his poor endeavour, can relieve A sovereign from distress, they, who are loyal, Will pour down blessings on him; that requital Threefold o'erpays his services.

From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by Colman, George

The conception of requital implies that of time; therefore eternal justice cannot be requital.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Thou hast remembered thine oath unto me, my King; thou hast published thyself as ready to fulfil thy promise, and hast yielded unto me the choice of the manner of my requital!

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth