-īt, usu -īd.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: re- + obsolete English quite to set free, discharge, repay, from Middle English quiten — more at quit
1.
a. : to make return for (as a kindness, service, benefit) : repay , reward
cards left without a visit are requited by cards similarly left — Agnes M. Miall
whose patronage is happily requited with … ritual slaughter — John Marks
b. : to make retaliation for (as a wrong or an injury) : avenge
thought … incumbent on a man to requite injuries — Henry Sidgwick
2. archaic : to give, pay, or do in return : make return of
requite like for like — J.C.Geikie
3. : to make return to (as a person, a community) for a benefit or service
you will requite me … by the sight of your ardor for what is noble — A.T.Quiller-Couch
or for an injury
requite a traitor with death
4. obsolete : to take the place of : compensate or make up for
deserves that short delight, the nauseous qualms of … travel to requite — John Dryden
Synonyms: see reciprocate