different between requital vs quittal

English

Etymology

From Middle English requite, 1570-1580.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t?l

Noun

requital (countable and uncountable, plural requitals)

1. Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
2. Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
3. Repayment, reward, recompense, return in kind.
   • 2009, Dietrich Von Hildebrand, The Nature of Love, p. 233:

     But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.

   • mid-1590s, William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, sc. 1:

     O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks,

     Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength

     To make a more requital to your love.

   • 1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Act I, sc. 1:

     My lord mayor, you have sundry times

     Feasted myself and many courtiers more:

     Seldom or never can we be so kind

     To make requital of your courtesy.

   • 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (quoting Johnson):

     In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.

Translations

Anagrams

• quartile

English

Etymology

quit +? -al?

Noun

quittal (usually uncountable, plural quittals)

1. (obsolete) Return; requital; quittance.