Definition of "deserved" []

• Merited or earned: a richly deserved punishment. (adjective)

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• "Such preeminently was the title deserved by Mrs. Van Alstine, the "Patriot mother of the Mohawk Valley.""
• ""Whichever squad won the title deserved to, Juve like any other," Del Piero said, according to the ANSA news agency."
• "In my view, if you want to use the word deserved, they deserved something from the game themselves."