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Comeuppance
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Comeuppance
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informal
just retribution
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Comeuppance
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Informal
deserved punishment; retribution
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Comeuppance
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A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just desserts: "That was the joy of a video game: watching someone who deserved it getting his comeuppance" (Jodi Picoult).
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