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| deserve |
When you deserve something, it means that it is right that you should have this thing. If you deserve a good grade on your homework, it's because the work you have done is equal to that grade. If someone deserves a punishment, it means that the bad thing they have done is equal to that punishment. If someone doesn't deserve a punishment, it means that they didn't really do anything bad or what they did wasn't bad enough to be punished for. |
| due |
When something is due, it is deserved. If a hospital gives due care to its patients, it gives them the care that they deserve. [2/7 definitions] |
| earn |
to get or deserve because of hard work or good behavior. [1/2 definitions] |
| equal |
Someone who is your equal is the same as you, and not more or less than you. If your brother is your equal at playing football, it means that your brother has the same skill as you do in football. He is no better and no worse. When people are equals as human beings, they deserve the same amount of respect and the same rights as each other. [1/4 definitions] |
| justice |
When you receive justice, you get something that you deserve. It may be reward or punishment. [1/3 definitions] |
| merit |
to be worthy of or deserve. [1/3 definitions] |
| partly |
When the sun is partly hidden by a cloud, it means that some of the sun is hidden but not all of it. If you are partly to blame for something, you deserve some of the blame for it but not all of it. |
| worthy |
If a person is worthy, they deserve to get something good because they have a good character or they have done something good. If a thing is worthy of something good, it deserves to have that good thing. Its worth is equal to that. [1/2 definitions] |
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