| Main Entry: | just deserts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | virtue triumphing over vice |
Synonyms: |
comeuppance, desert, deserts, dose of one's own medicine, dueness, meed, punishment, reward, what is due, what is merited, what's coming to one |
| Main Entry: | comeuppance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deserved fate |
Synonyms: |
due, due reward, just deserts, just punishment, recompense, requital, retribution |
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment, prize |
Synonyms: |
accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, guerdon, honor, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, premium, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes, sweetener, tip, wages |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
Antonyms: |
penalty, punishment |
| Main Entry: | guerdon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward |
Synonyms: |
accolade, appreciation, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, honor, honorarium, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, prem |
| Concept: | Reward. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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-nouns
reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon; price; indemnity, indemnification; compensation, reparation, redress; quittance; retribution, reckoning, acknowledgement, requital, amends, sop; atonement; consideration, return, quid pro quo; salvage, perquisite; vail (donation); douceur, bribe; hush money, smart money; blackmail; carcelage; solatium., allowance, salary, stipend, wages; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; premium; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage., crown (decoration of honor).
-verbs
reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing (pay) [more]; make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge., get for one's pains, reap the fruits of.
-adjectives
remunerative, remuneratory; munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory.
-phrases
fideli certa merces; honor virtutis praemium [Cicero]; tibi seris tibi metis.
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Antonyms: |
punishment |
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