deserve
/dɪˈzɜːv/ verb [T]Definition
› If you deserve something good or bad, it should happen to you because of the way you have behaved: The school deserves praise for the way it has raised standards. [+ to do sth] He deserves to be locked up for life.
deservedly adverb › The film deservedly won an Oscar.(Definition of deserve verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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