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All comeuppance synonyms

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noun comeuppance

  • retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
  • requital — the act of requiting.
  • recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
  • due — together; in unison.
  • just deserts — Usually, deserts. reward or punishment that is deserved: Death was his desert. Synonyms: due, payment, recompense, reward; justice, retaliation, retribution, penalty.
  • retaliation — the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
  • punishment — the act of punishing.
  • reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.

adjective comeuppance

  • attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
  • owing — owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
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