just deserts

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1. just deserts - Noun

2. just deserts - Phrase

an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting

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comeuppance payback poetic justice due return justice doom punishment compensation revenge reward damages merit retaliation vengeance

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A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts. Al-Farabi

Never did these thanes of hell escape their just deserts. Halldór Laxness

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