The meaning of COMEUPPANCE is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts. How to use comeuppance in a sentence.

COMEUPPANCE meaning: 1. a person's bad luck that is considered to be a fair and deserved punishment for something bad…. Learn more.

A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just desserts: "That was the joy of a video game: watching someone who deserved it getting his comeuppance" (Jodi Picoult).

Definition of comeuppance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 6, 2025 · comeuppance (usually uncountable, plural comeuppances) Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved. quotations

COMEUPPANCE definition: deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant. See examples of comeuppance used in a sentence.

comeuppance, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English come‧up‧pance /kʌmˈʌpəns/ noun [singular] a punishment or something bad which happens to you that you really deserve You’ll get your …

One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly.