1. Properly deserved
   - merited, well-earned

1. Be worthy or deserving
   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   - merit

See also: condign

Type of: be

• ironlike
• ironman
• ironmaster
• ironmonger
• ironmonger's shop
• ironmongery
• irons
• ironshod
• ironside
• Ironsides
• ironstone
• ironware
• ironweed
• ironwood
• ironwood tree
• ironwork
• ironworker
• eveningwear
• Evenk
• Evenki
• evenly
• evenness
• evensong
• event
• event horizon