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guerdon
Guerdon (noun) means a prize or reward given for a job well done.
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A prize or reward given for a job well done.
"Melanie might have given him his new coat but this sash was her gift, her own secret guerdon for him to wear into battle, something that would make him remember her every time he looked at it."
— Margaret Mitchell (1936)
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Etymology
The word comes from Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, which developed from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon. That form goes back to Medieval Latin widerdōnum, an alteration of widerlōnum, from West Germanic (compare Old High German widarlōn and Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘back-payment’, with its second element reshaped to match Latin dōnum (“gift”).
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What is the meaning of guerdon?
"guerdon" (noun) means a prize or reward given for a job well done.
What is the opposite of guerdon?
Opposites of "guerdon" include punishment, penalty.
