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merited: properly deserved; "a merited success"

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deserving collapse

comeuppance collapse

entitled collapse: qualified for by right according to law; "we are all entitled to equal protection under the law"; given a title or identifying name; "the book entitled `A Tale of Two Cities'"

condign collapse: fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"

reprisal collapse: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

deserved collapse

evenhanded collapse: without partiality; "evenhanded justice"

defensible collapse

justified collapse: having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins

warrantable collapse

revenge collapse: take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"

requital collapse: an act of requiting; returning in kind

deserts collapse: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

justifiable collapse: capable of being justified

equitable collapse: implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

punishment collapse: the act of punishing

requisite collapse

legal collapse: allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver"; established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules; having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"; of or relating to jurisprudence; "legal loophole"; relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; "the legal profession"

retribution collapse: the act of correcting for your wrongdoing; a justly deserved penalty

suitable collapse

warranted collapse

rightful collapse

lawful collapse: conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"; authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"; according to custom or rule or natural law

qualified collapse: legally qualified; "a competent witness"; meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"; limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"

quittance collapse: a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt

balanced collapse: total debits and credits are equal; "the books looked balanced"; being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

recompense collapse: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury; payment or reward (as for service rendered)

reward collapse: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior; the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property; payment made in return for a service rendered; act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

compensation collapse: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

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