as in punishment
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
as with many action movies, this one ends with a wild chase and an over-the-top fight sequence in which the bad guys finally get their comeuppance
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Recent Examples of comeuppance
And a healthy portion tunes in hoping the Chiefs get their comeuppance.
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Sean Gregory, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Still, when the third act finally arrives, Russell deserves credit for making the audacious decision to deny his characters their comeuppance and instead end the film on a cynical note.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Others are the result of what could be thought of as a little instant comeuppance.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Sean Gregory, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Still, when the third act finally arrives, Russell deserves credit for making the audacious decision to deny his characters their comeuppance and instead end the film on a cynical note.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Others are the result of what could be thought of as a little instant comeuppance.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comeuppance
Noun
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Team members need to feel safe to voice their opinions, ask judgment-free questions, and admit mistakes without fear of punishment and humiliation.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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When failure is punished, people stop trying for fear of punishment, and progress slows to a crawl.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There has been growing concern within several news outlets about drawing the wrath of the Trump administration.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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The result of such whiplash: People who have experienced the various stages of a Trump relationship often remain tied to him, yet also fearful of his wrath, concluding that praising Trump—or at least staying silent about his shortcomings—is the best survival strategy.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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And that included nine penalties against him in only seven games last fall.—
Pat Leonard,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, the most serious penalty is intact—Google's popular Chrome browser is still on the chopping block.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Comeuppance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comeuppance. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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