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comeuppance

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come·up·pance  (kmpns)
n.
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" Judith Crist.
comeuppance
Noun
Informal deserved punishment [from come up (in the sense: to appear before a court)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comeuppance - an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
comeupance, deserts
aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
Translations
Spanish comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → llevar su merecido
French comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → recevoir ce qu'on mérite
German comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → die Quittung bekommen
Italian comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → ricevere ciò che si merita
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It was one of those weekends when seeing wasn't quite believing in the NFL, from Michael Vick's reprise of The Dirty Bird to Vince Young's redux of the Rose Bowl against the New York Trojans to the Raiders' comeuppance -- some 28 years later -- for the Holy Roller.
WEEKEND'S BEST CAME AFTER THE WHISTLES (OR WHEN THERE WASN'T ONE) by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Once he's bound and gagged as a prisoner in an abandoned schoolhouse, Geum-ja decides to share his comeuppance with the bereaved (but greedy) parents of the kids he has murdered.
No way to treat a lady by Feinstein, Howard / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Now it appears that DeLay will get his comeuppance.
Pay to play by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
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