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[syn: deserts, comeuppance, comeupance]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
comeuppance \come`up"pance\ (k[u^]m`[u^]p"pans), 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comeuppance
n 1: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved [syn:
deserts, comeuppance, comeupance]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "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