Definition
The punishment or fate that someone deserves, especially used when someone finally receives negative consequences for their actions.
Etymology
From the phrasal verb 'come up' + '-ance' (suffix forming nouns), literally 'what comes up to someone,' evolving to mean 'deserved punishment' by the 1800s.
Kelly Says
The phrase 'get one's comeuppance' became wildly popular in crime fiction and Westerns—it's the linguistic equivalent of poetic justice, mixing action verbs with Old French suffixes.
Translations
BNবাংলা
সম্পত্তি
som-patti
CACatalà
venjança
ven-jan-sa
DEDeutsch
Vergeltung
fer-gelt-tung
ESEspañol
justicia
hu-sti-sia
FRFrançais
récompense
re-kom-pens
HIहिन्दी
प्रतिशोध
pratishôdh
IDBahasa Indonesia
balasan
ba-la-san
ITItaliano
ricompensa
ri-kom-pen-sah
MSBahasa Melayu
balasan
ba-la-san
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-taw
PTPortuguês
retribuição
re-tri-bú-são
RORomână
răzbunare
ráz-bun-are
SWKiswahili
adhabu
a-dha-bu
TAதமிழ்
திருத்தம்
thir-utham
THไทย
การแก้แค้น
gan gae ka-n
TRTürkçe
intikam
in-ti-kam
UKУкраїнська
відплата
vid-plata
VITiếng Việt
trừng phạt
tung phát
ZUZU
ukuthula
u-ku-thu-la