Usually means: Love given, not returned back.
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  1. unrequited: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unrequited: Merriam-Webster
  3. unrequited: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unrequited: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unrequited: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unrequited: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unrequited, unrequited: Wordnik
  8. unrequited: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unrequited: Wiktionary
  10. unrequited: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. unrequited: Dictionary.com
  12. unrequited: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. unrequited: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Unrequited (The X-Files), Unrequited (album), Unrequited: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. unrequited: Rhymezone
  16. unrequited: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. unrequited: FreeDictionary.org
  18. unrequited: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Unrequited: The Word Detective
  20. unrequited: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. unrequited: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unrequited: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (now chiefly of a feeling or emotion) Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.

Similar:
unreciprocated, unanswered, nonreciprocal, unreturned, unquit, unrequitable, unrecompensed, requiteless, unreceived, nonreturned, more...

Opposite:
requited

Types:
one-sided, unreciprocated, more...

Phrases:
unrequited love, official unrequited transfers, private unrequited transfers, more...

Colors:
    dusky rose,     muted lavender,     deep burgundy,     faded blue,     muted plum, more...


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Similar:
unreciprocated, unanswered, nonreciprocal, unreturned, unquit, unrequitable, unrecompensed, requiteless, unreceived, nonreturned, more...

Opposite:
requited

Types:
one-sided, unreciprocated, more...

Phrases:
unrequited love, official unrequited transfers, private unrequited transfers, more...

Colors:
    dusky rose,     muted lavender,     deep burgundy,     faded blue,     muted plum, more...



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