Word Meanings - GUERDON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
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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. (more info) , fr. OHG. widarl; widar again, against + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to AS.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GUERDON)
- Meed
- Guerdon
- premium
- prize
- reward
- Premium
- Reward
- guerdon
- encouragement
- douceur
- enhancement
- bribe
- recompense
- bonus
- bounty
- Prize
- Booty
- spoil
- plunder
- prey
- forage
- trophy
- laurels
- honors
- ovation
- palm
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GUERDON)
Related words: (words related to GUERDON)
- GUERDONABLE
Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck. - PLUNDERER
One who plunders or pillages. - REWARDFUL
Yielding reward. - PUNISHER
One who inflicts punishment. - REWARD
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded - OVATION
A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves. 2. Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. To rain an April of ovation round Their statues. - ENHANCEMENT
The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime. - PUNISHABLE
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, - RECOMPENSER
One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe. - RECOMPENSE
recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for; - BRIBER
1. A thief. Lydgate. 2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. 3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak. - BONUS
A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier. 2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits. 3. Money paid - RECOMPENSEMENT
Recompense; requital. Fabyan. - SPOIL
1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of - REWARDLESS
Having, or affording, no reward. - SPOILER
1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler. 2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless. - SPOILSMAN
One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public - SPOILABLE
Capable of being spoiled. - BOUNTY
bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; - ENCOURAGEMENT
1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, - HYPERTROPHY
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy. - EUTROPHY
Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions. - RENOVATION
The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler. - SHOREWARD
Toward the shore. - INNOVATION
A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. (more info) 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. Dryden. 2. A change effected by innovating; a change in - OVERPRIZE
Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton. - EXSTROPHY
The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder. - APPRIZER
A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. An appraiser. - ASTROPHYTON
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched. - APPRIZEMENT
Appraisement.