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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)]
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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
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comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → llevar su merecido
comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → recevoir ce qu'on mérite
comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → die Quittung bekommen
comeuppance [kʌmˈʌpəns] n to get one's comeuppance → ricevere ciò che si merita
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In five dark, eminently discussable stories, unrepentant characters get well-deserved comeuppances, and even the relatively innocent protagonist of "Curious" is doomed by his defining attribute.
Avi: Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation by Long, Joanna Rudge / The Horn Book Magazine
Ford, I think, is aware of that danger, and attempts--more so than in Women with Men--to diffuse and make less blatant the comeuppances doled out to his heroes.
BREAKING THE SIXTH by Pritchard, William H. / Commonweal
It consists of nothing more than remembering past comeuppances that befell investors who thought they had everything figured out.
Even Savvy Investors Can Learn From These Funds by CURRIER, CHET / Los Angeles Business Journal
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