Definition of deserve

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Deserve (v. t.) 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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Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Least :: Least (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it..
Respectability :: Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Deserver :: Deserver (n.) One who deserves.
Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.
At :: At (prep.) The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands..
Premerit :: Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand.
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels..
Undeserve :: Undeserve (v. t.) To fail to deserve.
Wrong :: Wrong (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure..
Desert :: Desert (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit..
Deserve :: Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..
Merit :: Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits..
Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved..
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not)..
Meritedly :: Meritedly (adv.) By merit; deservedly.
Belong :: Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
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