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noun Informal.
deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant: He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior.
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Comeuppance
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- Meade gets his comeuppance when she leads a populist revolt against his attempts to corner the wheat market.
- Ursula was an evil witch though, and got her comeuppance.
- However, comeuppance comes via the blow to your reputation.
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Word Origin & History
comeuppance
1859, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal."
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