After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. --Piers
Plowman.
Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
thee evil. --1 Sam. xxiv.
17.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
reward them that hate me. --Deut. xxxii.
41.
God rewards those that have made use of the single
talent. --Hammond.
Take reward of thine own value. --Chaucer.
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.
Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to
receive Thy merited reward. --Milton.
Rewards and punishments do always presuppose
something willingly done well or ill. --Hooker.
3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
The dead know not anything, neither have they any
more a reward. --Eccl. ix. 5.
4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of
money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some
act. --Burrill.
Syn: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital;
retribution; punishment.