comeuppance

(kŭm'ŭp'əns)
n.
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" (Judith Crist).

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noun

Something justly deserved: desert, due, guerdon, recompense, reward, wage (often used in plural). Informal lump. Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See reward/punish/deserve.

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• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - comeuppance: Informal. deserved rebuke or penalty

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - en over næsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdiende loon

Français (French)
n. - le fait de recevoir ce que l'on mérite

Deutsch (German)
n. - Strafe, Quittung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δίκαιη τιμωρία ή ανταπόδοση

Italiano (Italian)
punizione meritata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - punição (f) esperada

Русский (Russian)
заслуженное наказание, возмездие

Español (Spanish)
n. - castigo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - det man förtjänar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
应得的惩罚, 因果报应

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 應得的懲罰, 因果報應

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인과응보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 当然の報い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزا أو عقاب مستحق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עונש ראוי‬

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