All comeuppance synonyms
come·up·pance
C c 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.