JUST DESERTS
Dictionary entry overview: What does just deserts mean? • JUST DESERTS (noun)
The noun JUST DESERTS has 1 sense:
1. an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
Familiarity information: JUST DESERTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUST DESERTS (noun)
Meaning:
An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
just deserts; poetic justice
Hypernyms ("just deserts" is a kind of...):
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
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