comeuppance
noun/kʌmˈʌpəns/
/kʌmˈʌpəns/
[singular] (informal)- a punishment for something bad that you have done, that other people feel you really deserve
- I was glad to see that the bad guy got his comeuppance at the end of the movie.
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