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poetic justice Noun

— Poetic justice is when a person has something happen to them that is like something bad they did to someone else. After taking many peoples homes, he went broke and became homeless -- now that was poetic justice.

poetic justice

— noun an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

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poetic justice English » English

just deserts

retributive justice

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There is, if you'll excuse the pun, a certain kind of poetic justice to Declan being turned into a woman, and a young woman at that.

You said it was poetic justice that Declan turned into a young woman.