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  • 91redress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. right, correct, repair, reform, relieve, remedy. n. amends, restitution, reparation, requital, compensation, relief. See restoration, atonement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Correction] Syn. revision,… …

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  • 92reward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, prize, guerdon; indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation, reparation, redress (see restoration); perquisite; spoils; salary, pay, payment; tribute,… …

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  • 93indemnify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To repay] Syn. return, remit, reimburse; see pay 1 , repay 1 . 2. [To answer for] Syn. register, assure, insure; see guarantee 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at pay . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To give compensation to:… …

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  • 94reciprocate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To respond in kind] Syn. return, retaliate, repay, requite; see answer 3 , react 1 , revenge . 2. [To exchange] Syn. interchange, alternate, give and take; see alternate 1 , exchange 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. give …

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  • 95Interchange — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Double or mutual change. < N PARAG:Interchange >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interchange interchange exchange Sgm: N 1 commutation commutation permutation intermutation Sgm: N 1 reciprocation reciprocation transposition… …

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  • 96quiet — [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo European base *qwi ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English… …

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  • 97requital — (n.) 1570s, from REQUITE (Cf. requite) + AL (Cf. al) (2) …

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  • 98unrequited — (adj.) 1540s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of REQUITE (Cf. requite) …

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  • 99compensate — verb 1) you must compensate for what you did Syn: make amends, make up, make reparation, recompense, atone, requite, pay; expiate, make good, rectify 2) we agreed to compensate him for his loss Syn: recompense …

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  • 100reciprocate — reciprocate, retaliate, requite, return can mean to give back usually in kind or in quantity. Reciprocate may imply a mutual, equivalent, or roughly equivalent, exchange or a paying back of what one has received. The connotations of alternating… …

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