Thesaurus: guerdon

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1. n. A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense.
2. n. To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.
3. n. a reward or payment
4. A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles. To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.] Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson.
5. A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and abad sense. Macaulay.So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of aglorious lot. Byron.He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon ofall his former villainies. Knolles.
6. n. a reward or payment