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comeupance

comeupance is the alternative form of comeuppance.

Meaning of comeuppance

Noun

comeuppance (usually uncountable, plural comeuppances)

  1. (usually) Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
    • So when Brown's second wife turned out a reg'lar ternygrunt, I wa'n't in no wise upset, for he needed a comeuppance, an' he got it in her.1883, Albion Winegar Tourgée, editor, The Continent; an illustrated weekly magazine, volume 3

Forms of comeupance

pluralcomeupances

Questions about comeupance

What is comeupance the alternative form of?
Comeupance is the alternative form of comeuppance.

Words near comeupance in the dictionary

  1. cometomancy
  2. cometopause
  3. cometosheath
  4. comets
  5. cometwise
  6. comeupance
  7. comeupances
  8. comeuppance
  9. comeuppances
  10. Comey
  11. Comeys

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