HyperDic: poetic_jstice

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

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