Reward
Reward noun - Something offered or given in return for a service performed.
Temptation and reward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Temptation" instead a noun "Reward".
Temptation
Temptation noun - The pressure to give in to a desire for easy or immediate pleasure.
Reward and temptation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reward" instead a noun "Temptation".
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As a reward for passing the last temptation of the Broodwich, Shake is given a skeletal bride which he promptly turns down.
- This was so bad that Super Smash Bros.. Brawl removed the end-of-level bonuses entirely, perhaps to eliminate the temptation to give a reward for getting them all.
Source: That One Sidequest - Tenenbaum will reward you for saving the Little Sisters with free Plasmids and bonus ADAM; all things considered (see Second bullet for details) resisting temptation and playing the hero is ultimately just as rewarding, if not more so, than choosing the evil route.
Source: Sweet and Sour Grapes
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