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December 19, 2024

Word of the Day: Requite

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: December 19, 2024

\rih-KWYTE\ verb

What It Means

To requite is to give or do something in return for something that another person has given or done, or for a benefit or service that has been provided.

// Sam was worried that the feelings she’d expressed on her date were not requited, but was relieved and overjoyed to learn that they were.

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