Synonyms Dictionary
2. demand, insist upon, urge, press for; direct, order, dictate; dun, exact, call for. requirement, n. 1. need, necessity, urgent need, dire necessity, imperative; must, must item, essential, Latin, sine qua non, indispensable, basic; exigency, essentiality, indispensability.
2. demand, exaction, call, directive; bidding, command, mandate, injunction, charge.
3. requisite, prerequisite, stipulation, provision, proviso, condition, contingency, term, Inf. string, Inf. catch, Inf. rub; reservation, qualification, requisition, constraint, necessitation. requisite, adj. 1. required, needed, necessary, needful, vital, essential, imperative, necessitative, compulsive, obligatory, binding, incumbent; wanted, called for, indicated, in demand, indispensable. -n. 2. requirement, need, want; condition, prerequisite. See requirement (defs. 1, 3). requisition, n. 1. demand, call, summons, conscription, draft, injunction, exaction; behest, bidding, command, mandate, beck and call, nod.
2. written order or request, authorization, voucher, claim, claim check, ticket, Inf. chit.
-v. 3. commandeer, appropriate, take over, take possession of, occupy, take, confiscate, seize, impress, nationalize; request, order, Inf. put in for. requital, n. 1. repayment, satisfaction, amends, reparation, restitution, redress; recompense, return, compensation, consideration, emolument; reward, Literary. guerdon, Archaic, meed; remuneration, indemnification, indemnity, payment, quittance, acknowledgement, sop, Inf. pay-off.
2. retribution, lex talionis, talion, an eye for an eye, measure for measure, tit for tat, nemesis; counterstroke, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, just deserts; retaliation, revenge, reprisal, requite, v. 1. repay, satisfy, make repayment for, make amends, make reparation, make restitution; redress, atone for, make good, settle with, reimburse; reciprocate, pay back, recompense, compensate, give consideration or compensation for, make return to; remunerate, indemnify, pay, pay off; reward, tip, remember, give a sop to.
2. give in return, even the score, wipe the slate clean, get even with, turn the tables on, return like for like, give tit for tat or measure for measure, pay in kind; pay off old scores, avenge a wrong, right a wrong, take revenge, retaliate for, wreak one's vengeance, give a Roland for an Oliver. rescind, v. 1. repeal, revoke, reverse, abrogate, abolish; annul, disannul, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void, avoid; quash, invalidate, vitiate, vacate, disenact, disestablish; cancel, discharge; supersede, set aside.
2. recant, retract, abjure, unsay, withdraw, recall; take back, undo, renege, back-pedal, go back on one's word; renounce, relinquish, abnegate, repudiate, deny, disclaim, disavow; countermand, counterorder, overrule, override; veto, negate.
3. terminate, dissolve, put an end to, bring to an end, do away with; discard, cast aside, cast behind, sweep aside, throw overboard, scatter to the winds, get rid of.
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