deserve synonyms

deserve

v.

merit, be worthy of, earn, be deserving, earn as due compensation, lay claim to, have the right to, be given one's due, be entitled to, warrant, justify, rate*, have it coming*.

Antonyms fail*, be unworthy, usurp.

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