HyperDic: comeuppance

English > 1 sense of the word *comeuppance*:
NOUN	event	comeuppance, just deserts, comeupance, poetic jstice	an outcome / outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

comeuppance > pronunciation
Sounds	kah.mah'pahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *comeuppance*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	An outcome / outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically).
Synonyms	just deserts, comeupance, poetic jstice
Broader	consequence, aftermath	The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
Spanish	comeupance, merecido
Catalan	comeupance, deserts