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come⋅up⋅pance

  [kuhm-uhp-uhns]
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–noun Informal.
deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant: He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; from phrase come up + -ance
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come·up·pance   (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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Word Origin & History

comeuppance 
1859, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgment before a tribunal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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