requital

1 a justly deserved penalty [syn: retribution]

2 an act of requiting; returning in kind

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtəl

Noun

requital

1. compensation for loss or damage; amends
2. retaliation or reprisal; vengeance

Compensation can refer to...

• Damages - legal term referring to the financial compensation recoverable by reason of another's breach of duty; the money paid or awarded to a plaintiff
  • Workers' compensation, to protect employees who have incurred work-related injuries. Example is the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
• Remuneration, such as a wage or salary to pay people for their work
• Executive compensation
• Deferred compensation
• Nationalization compensation, compensation paid in the event of nationalization of property
• Defence mechanism, as in psychology
• Compensation (psychology)
• Compensation (engineering)
• Compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage
• Compensation (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Biological compensation, the characteristic pattern of bending of the plant or mushroom stem after turning from the normal vertical position.

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