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

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

Nor is revenge, even in its subordinate position, the simple blood-for-blood requital that it is in Kyd.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

Judith patted the little maid in requital of her courtesy, and then stole noiselessly up-stairs.

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

Therefore Kant's theory of punishment as mere requital for requital's sake is a completely groundless and perverse view.

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