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poetic justice
noun
- an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in some poetry and fiction.
poetic justice
noun
- fitting retribution; just deserts
Word History and Origins
Origin of poetic justice1
Idioms and Phrases
An outcome in which virtue is rewarded and evil punished, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner. For example, It was poetic justice for the known thief to go to jail for the one crime he didn't commit . [Early 1700s]Example Sentences
Or perhaps poetic justice demands that the life of an unstoppably prolix author be parceled out in multiple, overlapping volumes.
Esposito: I thought it was poetic justice that Gus would go with Tio.
It is either poetic justice or a desperate attempt by Rupert Murdoch to stop the bleeding.
Bush took firing U.S. Attorneys to a whole new level so it would be poetic justice if President Obama purged the DoJ.
This seems to be a striking illustration of "poetic justice."
I had not dared to hope for such a complete triumph of poetic justice as occurred.
In short, your elementary class demands poetic justice—demands it strong and desires it quick.
Romantic as his exploit was, it lacked the fulness of poetic justice, since the chief offender escaped him.
The public of Priorton did not know whether most to admire Mrs. Spottiswoode's diplomacy, or this rare instance of poetic justice.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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