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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Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved..
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.
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.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
Undeserver :: Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.
Damnable :: Damnable (a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
Reverence :: Reverence (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
Demerit :: Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Belong :: Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
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..
Meritedly :: Meritedly (adv.) By merit; deservedly.
Deserve :: 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..
Premerit :: Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand.
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