merited
adj1
deserved
- It was a merited reward.
- Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
- Derived terms
- immerited, meritedly, meritedness, unmerited, well-merited