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

The register of the rudeness of the strong is also full, and destined for full requital.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

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

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

And then, pray that the veil of oblivion may be thrown over the fiendish requital which, in after years, succeeded this hospitable reception.

From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.

The dark mystery of unrequited wrong was being illuminated by the righteous majesty of complete requital.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.