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The definition of comeuppance is getting the punishment you deserve.

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If you always make fun of people who wear glasses and then it turns out that you need glasses too and you get made fun of, this is an example of getting your comeuppance.

See comeuppance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

Informal deserved punishment; retribution

Origin: < come + up + -ance

See comeuppance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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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