guerdon

noun

1. (literary)A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.

   “For would she of her gentlenesse, Withouten more, me ones kesse, It were to me a great guerdoon. Release of all my passion […]”

   “Is this the guerdon wherewithall ye quite my fruitfulnesse? Is this the honor that ye gave for my plenteousnesse And dutie done with true intent?”

   “Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies: Death, in guerdon of her wrongs, Gives her fame which never dies.”

   “He hearkned, and did stay from further harmes, To gayne so goodly guerdon, as she spake […]”

   “Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.”

verb

1. (transitive)To give such a reward to.

   “And when thou see'st the Admiral ride by, Discharge thy musket, and perform his death; And then I'll guerdon thee with store of crowns.”

   “[…] him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence […]”