redounds
Reflects upon someone
Redounds means to have an effect or result, usually to someone's credit or discredit: His generosity redounds to his honor.
The word is formal and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing most often in phrases like redounds to the benefit of or redounds to the credit of.
Something that redounds contributes or reflects back, typically in matters of reputation or advantage.
Increases by addition
- contributesGives toward a goal
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- gainsIncreases in value
rewards · dividends · boons · blessings · credit · merit · value · assets
Returns light or image
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
glory · standing · image · renown · distinction · acclaim · recognition · dignity
What follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
repercussions · fallout · aftermath · corollary · upshot · culminates · reverberates · ripples
accrues
Increases by addition
- contributesGives toward a goal
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
gains · rewards · dividends · boons · blessings · credit · merit · value · assets · windfalls
reflects
Returns light or image
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
prestige · glory · standing · image · renown · distinction · acclaim · recognition · dignity · repute
results
What follows from effort
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- impactsForceful contacts or influences
- outcomesFinal results achieved
ramifications · repercussions · fallout · aftermath · corollary · upshot · culminates · reverberates · ripples · rebounds
redoundsdiminishes
Becomes smaller or weaker
discredits · tarnishes · undermines · sullies · besmirches
redoundsdissipates
Gradually breaks up, vanishes
inflicts · imposes · forces · fizzles · brings about