deserved

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deserved \deserved\ adj.
   properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of
   {undeserved}.

   Syn: due. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from 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