referre: reddere (general term): gratiam referre alicui, or parem gratiam referre alicui (Vid: Bentl., Ter., Eun., 4, 4, 51; in a good or a bad sense): remunerari (in a good sense): pensare or compensare aliquid aliqua re (to make even; e.g., benefactions by benefactions, beneficia beneficiis: merits by benefactions, merita beneficiis: ☞ recompensare is to be avoided): rependere aliquid aliqua re (litterally, to weigh the one against the other; figuratively, to set off, make up; e.g., damnum, by anything, aliqua re): par pari referre (to render like for like). To requite anybody’s love, aliquem redamare: to requite kindnesses, beneficiis respondere or vicem exsolvere: I cannot requite your services, tantum tibi debeo, quantum solvere difficile est: to requite anything badly, malam gratiam referre.