requital

Example Sentences

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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

"Do ye in all truth follow the doctrine that bids you suffer without requital?" he demanded, even while feeling that his logic was impotent.

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

He thought Baynell's course was small-minded, unjustifiable, and an ungrateful requital of hospitality, such as only important interests might warrant.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles

The loftiest love is that which gets not nor expects requital.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Were the story true, how vast was the requital!

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John