What does comeupance mean?

comeupance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Once again, what followed was a shocking comeupance for the right-wing press."
"I have a very strong personal grudge against my ex-husband, and I'd love to see him finally get his comeupance."
"When a nineteenth-century English performer tried presenting a more moral puppet show, with Punch getting his comeupance, audiences would have none of it."

comeupances (plural)

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