NOUN | event | just deserts, comeuppance, comeupance, poetic jstice | an outcome / outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) |
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Meaning | An outcome / outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically). | |
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Synonyms | comeuppance, comeupance, poetic jstice | |
Broader | consequence, aftermath | The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual |
Usage of | plural | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
Spanish | comeupance, merecido | |
Catalan | comeupance, deserts |
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