poetic justice UK /pəʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/US /poʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/ noun2 •The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner. •Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”).Poetic Justice, vvith her lifted scale; / VVhere in nice balance, truth vvith gold she vveighs, / And solid pudding against empty praise. — 1728
