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verb (v)

• be worthy or deserving(verb.stative)

  Example:
  You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done.
  

  Synonym:
  merit
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.(verb)

  source: webster1913