wages 1noundomain: eventPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitiona recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoingReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.the wages of sin is death2.virtue is its own rewardSynonymsreward 1a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoingpayoff 4a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing