Just deserts
Just deserts noun - An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically).
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Synonyms for Just deserts
Retribution and just deserts are semantically related. in due topic. In some cases you can use "Retribution" instead a noun phrase "Just deserts".
Retribution
Retribution noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.
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Synonyms for Retribution
Just deserts and retribution are semantically related. You can use "Just deserts" instead a noun "Retribution".
Nearby Word: retributive
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Related pairs
- reward and just deserts
- reward and retribution
- guerdon and just deserts
- guerdon and retribution
- payment and just deserts
- payment and retribution
- return and just deserts
- return and retribution
- compensation and just deserts
- compensation and retribution
- desert and just deserts
- desert and retribution
- due and just deserts
- due and retribution
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Despite any retribution being absent from the actual movie (save for a deleted scene), Saturday Night Live has the "lost" ending of It's a Wonderful Life cover the duly-deserved just deserts for Mr. Potter.
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Retribution and Just deserts. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/just_deserts/retribution
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