Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - comeuppance
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1.
also come-uppance 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. (INFORMAL) The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance. = just deserts N-SING: usu poss N c darkgreen]approval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Etymology: come up + -ance Date: 1859 a deserved rebuke or penalty ; deserts ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. colloq. one's deserved fate or punishment (got his comeuppance). Etymology: COME + UP + -ANCE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. разг. возмездие; заслуженное наказание he got his comeuppance —- он получил по заслугам ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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6.
- 1958, presumably rooted in come up "present oneself for judgement before a tribunal." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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