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that which a person deserves

what is due one

chastening chastisement comeuppance compensation deserving discipline disciplining due guerdon lumps meed merit payment penalty punishment recompense requital retribution return revenge reward right get hers get his talion what is coming to one what one is asking for
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1) an animal like, but larger than, a mouse; a person who deserts a cause that he or she thinks is about to fail (rat)

2) (a mass of) finely crushed rock as seen on the beach, in deserts etc (sand)

DESERTS as in Wiktionary
DESERTS as in Wikipedia