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Definition of poetic justice noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

poetic justice

noun

/pəʊˌetɪk ˈdʒʌstɪs/

/pəʊˌetɪk ˈdʒʌstɪs/

[uncountable]

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a situation in which something bad happens to somebody, and you think that this is what they deserve

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