- comeupance
- nounan outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved• Syn: ↑deserts, ↑comeuppance• Hypernyms: ↑consequence, ↑aftermath
* * *
nounsee comeuppance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
comeupance
Look at other dictionaries:
comeupance — come·up·ance … English syllables
comeuppance — (n.) also comeupance, 1859, presumably rooted in come up present oneself for judgment before a tribunal + ANCE (Cf. ance) … Etymology dictionary
deserts — noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved • Syn: ↑comeuppance, ↑comeupance • Hypernyms: ↑consequence, ↑aftermath … Useful english dictionary
