requite

Questions about requite

What does requite mean?

requite means "make repayment for or return something".

How many syllables are in requite?

requite has 2 syllables and divides as req-uite under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for requite?

Close synonyms include repay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is requite a common word?

requite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.