deserved

adj.

1.

properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of undeserved.

Adj.

1.

deserved - proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem" Synonyms: due

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