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JUST DESERTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does just deserts mean?
• JUST DESERTS (noun)
The noun JUST DESERTS has 1 sense:
1. an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting
Familiarity information: JUST DESERTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("just deserts" is a kind of...):
aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)
Domain usage:
plural (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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