ALL meanings of just deserts
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J j - noun just deserts Usually, deserts. reward or punishment that is deserved: Death was his desert. Synonyms: due, payment, recompense, reward; justice, retaliation, retribution, penalty. 1
- noun just deserts the state or fact of deserving reward or punishment. 1
- noun just deserts the state or condition of being worthy, as in character or behavior. Synonyms: merit, virtue, worth. 1
- idioms just deserts get / receive / etc. one's (just) deserts, to be punished or rewarded in a manner appropriate to one's actions or behavior: Some people felt he had gotten his just deserts, having been imprisoned and relieved of his ill-gotten gains, but others would have preferred old-style public flogging, followed by drawing and quartering, and who can blame them? 1
- noun plural just deserts deserved punishment 1
- noun just deserts (Idiomatic) A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved. 0