deserved

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deserved - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deserved \deserved\ adj.
     properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of
     undeserved.
  
     Syn: due. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

  Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir,
     desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be
     devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
     1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either
        good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the
        laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves
        praise.
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              God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
              deserveth.                            --Job xi. 6.
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              John Gay deserved to be a favorite.   --Thackeray.
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              Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
              reprehension.                         --Burke.
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     2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
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              A man that hath
              So well deserved me.                  --Massinger.
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deserved - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deserved
      adj 1: properly deserved; "a merited success" [syn: merited,
             deserved] [ant: unmerited]

deserved - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserved":
     appropriate, balanced, condign, defensible, due, earned, entitled,
     equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit, fitting,
     good, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level, meet,
     meet and right, merited, proper, qualified, requisite, right,
     right and proper, rightful, square, suitable, warrantable,
     warranted, well-earned, worthy