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comeuppance definition

☆ come·up·pance (kum′up′əns)

noun

Informal deserved punishment; retribution

Etymology: < come + up + -ance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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