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comeuppance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun comeuppance has 1 sense
- comeuppance(n = noun.event) comeupance, deserts - an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved; Array is a kind of aftermath, consequence
CIDE DICTIONARY
comeuppance, n.
An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
comeuppance, n. colloq. one's deserved fate or punishment (got his comeuppance).
Etymology
COME + UP + -ANCE
THESAURUS
comeuppance
compensation, desert, deserts, deserving, due, due reward, dues, just deserts, merit, merits, punishment, quittance, recompense, reprisal, requital, retribution, revenge, reward, rights, what is due, what is merited
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