Lizet Elaine (simplyn2deep) wrote in 1_million_words,
Lizet Elaine
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Word of the Day 05/21/22 Guerdon

Guerdon (noun, verb)
guerdon [ gur-dn ]


noun
1. a reward, recompense, or requital.

verb (used with object)
2. to give a guerdon to; reward.

OTHER WORDS FROM GUERDON
guer·don·er, noun
guer·don·less, adjective
un·guer·doned, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO GUERDON
claim, comeuppance, compensation, desert, entitlement, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, reward

See synonyms for: guerdon / guerdoned / guerdoning on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: 1325–75; Middle English < Old French, variant of werdoun < Medieval Latin widerdonum, alteration (probably by association with Latin dōnum gift) of Old High German widarlōn, equivalent to widar again, back + lōn reward; cognate with Old English witherlēan

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