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To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requi…

ed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.

isposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.

Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

f resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense. Addison.

To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so…

To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.

her disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.

To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] Locke.

The act of retributing; repayment. In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.

To repay; as, to return borrowed money.

A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person. Brande &C.

eturn, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. I will render vengeance…

od name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. Shak.

ty, but is permitted to discharge all his obligations to his feudal lord or superior by a payment of rent in money or kind and without rendering any personal services.

To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; - - with on.