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just deserts
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n. an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) [syn: poetic justice ]
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Just deserts are things deserved. Just deserts may also refer to: Just deserts (law) Just Deserts , a novel by Eric Walters
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n. (context idiomatic English) A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
Usage examples of just deserts.
Nathan, who was almost inured to horror now, nodded and said, 'Your just deserts.
In the end Raegar gets his just deserts from the Emperor, who he has betrayed.
So, if you find yourself accompanying my cousin Felix on a steamboat cruise, you will have come by your just deserts.
Watching the final act of the battle from the sidelines, the dawazz kept up a running commentary, alternating between philosophical observations on the just deserts of piracy and jocular remarks on the incompetence of barbarian swordsmen.
The prosecution, not disputing this, had suggested that indeed they had all closed ranks to shield Nolan from his just deserts.
I wondered if I should ever live to see Hassan meet his just deserts as a result of this enterprise, which I was forced to admit a foolhardy one.
Is this a cruel and callous attitude or is Dame Alice getting her just deserts?