requite

/ri-ˈkwīt/

re- + obsolete quite to quit, pay, from Middle English quiten

verb

  1. to make return for : repay

  2. to make retaliation for : avenge

  3. to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury

reciprocate retaliate requite return mean to give back usually in kind or in quantity. reciprocate implies a mutual or equivalent exchange or a paying back of what one has received. retaliate usually implies a paying back of injury in exact kind, often vengefully.