merited

English

Adjective

merited

1. deserved

   It was a merited reward.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• well-merited

Verb

merited

1. simple past and past participle of merit

Anagrams

• demerit, detemir, dimeter, mitered, red time, retimed