Definitions for poetic justice
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
poet′ic jus′tice(n.)
an ideal or particularly fitting distribution of rewards and punishments.
Origin of poetic justice:
1720–30
Princeton's WordNet
poetic justice, just deserts(noun)
an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
Wiktionary
poetic justice(Noun)
The rewarding of virtue, and the punishment of vice, especially in an ironic manner
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