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COMEUPANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comeupance mean? 

COMEUPANCE (noun)
  The noun COMEUPANCE has 1 sense:

1. an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fittingplay

  Familiarity information: COMEUPANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMEUPANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

comeupance; comeuppance; just deserts; poetic justice

Hypernyms ("comeupance" is a kind of...):

aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)


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