Synonyms for poetic justice

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just deserts · payback · comeuppance · poetical justice

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”).

Example sentences

• payback It's payback for wrongdoing in a previous life.
• comeuppance Atheists will get their comeuppance on Judgment Day.

By length

7 letters

payback²

11 letters

comeuppance³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (payback² = 2 syllables).