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poetic justice
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun poetic justice has 1 sense
- poetic justice(n = noun.event) just deserts - an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically); Array is a kind of final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination
THESAURUS
poetic justice
ars poetica, defensibility, drumhead justice, dueness, equitableness, equity, evenhandedness, give-and-take, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, lawfulness, legality, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, poetcraft, poetic language, poetic license, poeticism, poetics, properness, propriety, retributive justice, right, rightfulness, rightness, rude justice, scales of justice, summary justice, versecraft, versemaking, versification, warrantability, warrantedness, what is right
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