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Adjective: rewarding  ri'wor-ding
  1. Providing personal satisfaction
    "a rewarding career as a paramedic"
Verb: reward  ri'word
  1. Bestow honour or rewards upon
    "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
    - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], fete [], fête []
     
  2. Strengthen and support with rewards
    "Let's reward good behaviour"
    - reinforce
     
  3. Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behaviour or actions
    - repay, pay back

See also: bountied, pleasing, profitable, rewardful, rewardingly

Type of: act, instruct, learn, move, recognise [Brit], recognize, teach

Antonym: unrewarding

Encyclopedia: Reward