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Is there a verb for "thinking someone deserved what he got"?

English Language & Usage Asked on December 10, 2020

Note that i am not talking about this in the sense of "he deserved what he got", but rather, "i THINK he deserved it".

Basically, when you see someone with a nice car, or when you see a bad person receiving punishment, there is a verb in german and you say: "Ich gönne es ihm" – Literally translated as "I grant it to him" in Deepl, but that doesnt mean the same. It literally means "I think what he has is justified" – it is mostly used in the positive sense when someone who has been through a hard time finally gets something good in life, and you feel happy for him. I was wondering why there is no english word for this, at least i cant find one?

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I don't know about a verb, but for a noun "comeuppance" seems to describe what you're after. For verb, may be "requite" or "recompense"? In Chinese there's a simple phrase: "Bao Ying" (报应).

Answered by Steve Lee on December 10, 2020

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