reaps
Collects the crop
Reaps is the third-person singular of reap, meaning to cut and gather grain or other crops at harvest.
The word extends naturally to collecting results or consequences of any kind: She reaps the benefits of her hard work, He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
What you reap follows from what you've planted or done.
Curved hand-held harvesting blade
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
wheat · barley · crops · fields · combine · harvester · baler · autumn
Spiritual cause and effect
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
judgment · justice · punishment · fallout · aftermath · ramification · penalty · accountability
sickle
Curved hand-held harvesting blade
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
grain · wheat · barley · crops · fields · combine · harvester · baler · autumn · sheaves
karma
Spiritual cause and effect
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
comeuppance · judgment · justice · punishment · fallout · aftermath · ramification · penalty · accountability · desserts
benefits
Gains or helpful effects
returns · earnings · fruits · winnings · payoff · bounty · prizes · spoils · riches · yield
reapsforfeits
Loses through violation
loses · squanders · wastes · surrenders · sacrifices
- reaps the harvestGathers mature crops
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- reap the benefits
- reap what one sowsFace consequences of actions
- reap the whirlwindSuffer consequences of misdeeds
- reaping what one sowsReceiving earned consequences