reward
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1. reward - Noun
2. reward - Verb
Meaning
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
Regard; respect; consideration.
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.
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
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If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not receive a reward for his labor. Recompense is given, not for labor, but for humility.
Not only men, but also women, the weaker sex, in going by the narrow path of Christ have received for themselves the Kingdom of Heaven. For there is neither male nor female, but everyone receives his own reward according to his own labor.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Children are the reward of life.
Living is not a reward and dying is no crime.
Two things rule the world -- reward and punishment.