Comeuppance and Return

Comeuppance

Comeuppance noun - Suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense.

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Return and comeuppance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Comeuppance".

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Comeuppance and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comeuppance" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

full	full comeuppance	full return
glorious	glorious comeuppance	glorious return
long	long comeuppance	long return
true	true comeuppance	true return
Other adjectives: proper, entire, real, little, dramatic, later, inevitable, impending, bizarre, last, eventual, awesome.

Immediately lampshaded Paladin: I swear by all that is holy and just...we shall return and deliver a heap of comeuppance!

Source: Webcomic / Dungeons & Denizens
Averted in The Final Cut, as Ian Richardson only agreed to return for a final sequel if the character would get his comeuppance in the end.

Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Live-Action TV
Last seen escaping at the end of the first season with his prized gravitonium, he has not been mentioned since, and it seems unlikely that he will return to face his comeuppance.

Source: Karma Houdini / Live-Action TV

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