comeuppance
Retribution or outcome that is justly deservedRetribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
» Assholes getting their just comeuppance, you love to see it.
Видеть, как мудаки получают по заслугам, – бесценно.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
die wohlverdiente Strafe, Quittung
заслуженное наказа́ниеzaslužennoje nakazánije
належна караnaležna kara, заслужене покаранняzaslužene pokarannja, належнеnaležne
an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting
Examples
4 sentencesAssholes getting their just comeuppance, you love to see it.
ruВидеть, как мудаки получают по заслугам, – бесценно. — Ooneykcall
He got his comeuppance.
deEr hat bekommen, was er verdient hat. — MUIRIEL
She got her comeuppance.
Atheists will get their comeuppance on Judgment Day.
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Forms
plural: comeuppancesSynonyms
4 synonyms- an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting:just desertscomeupancepoetic justice
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable