requite

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈkwʌɪt/

verb

[with object] formal
  • make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing): they are quick to requite a kindness
  • return a favour to (someone): to win enough to requite my friends
  • respond to (love or affection): she did not requite his love

Derivatives

requital

noun

Origin:

early 16th century: from re- 'back' + obsolete quite, variant of the verb quit1