r 1 e 1 q 10 u 1 i 1 t 1 e 1
7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make repayment for or return something
originThe verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both of the following: * From re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backward’) + quiten (“to pay, pay for; to repay; to acquit (someone of a charge), exonerate; to prove (oneself) innocent; to answer, reply; to atone for (a sin); to compensate, make amends; to depart, leave; to equal, match; to fulfil (an obligation);…
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