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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
comeuppance
    n 1: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved [syn:
         deserts, comeuppance, comeupance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comeuppance \come`up"pance\ (k[u^]m`[u^]p"pans), n.
   An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by
   others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts;
   as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his
   comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation.
   [PJC]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
compensation, desert, deserts, deserving, due, due reward, dues, just deserts, merit, merits, punishment, quittance, recompense, reprisal, requital, retribution, revenge, reward, rights, what is due, what is merited
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