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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reward \Re*ward"\, n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.] 1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Take reward of thine own value. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital. [1913 Webster] Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to receive Thy merited reward. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. [1913 Webster] The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward. --Eccl. ix. 5. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] Syn: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reward \Re*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rewarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rewarding}.] [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See {Ward}, {Regard}.] To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. [1913 Webster] After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. --1 Sam. xxiv. 17. [1913 Webster] I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. --Deut. xxxii. 41. [1913 Webster] God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: reward n 1: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" [syn: {wages}, {reward}, {payoff}] 2: payment made in return for a service rendered 3: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: {reward}, {reinforcement}] 4: the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property 5: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" [syn: {advantage}, {reward}] [ant: {penalty}] v 1: bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" [syn: {honor}, {honour}, {reward}] [ant: {attaint}, {disgrace}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {shame}] 2: strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior" [syn: {reinforce}, {reward}] 3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions [syn: {reward}, {repay}, {pay back}]